NEW from The Selfportrait Series -

"Selfportrait of the Artist Admiring 'Celebration' on Hockney's Birthday"
digital collage by Mick Mather
- "Celebration", 1991, diptych by David Hockney -

This week's Thursday Challenge theme is celebration. Since today is David Hockney's birthday I thought about doing another piece for The Selfportrait Series that would include his diptych titled "Celebration". Alright then, let's all have a piece of cake and go sit by the pool, shall we?

Drawing With Leighlund Series -

"The Egg Basket"
digitally manipulated drawing by Mick Mather
- original drawing by Leighlund Ruth Vincett -

A few weeks ago the plan was to celebrate my birthday on Easter Sunday with the family. Somewhere along the way and somehow, more than half of us came down with flu or that stomach virus that was going 'round through the late winter months. In any case, this image was supposed to have been posted then but wasn't ... better late than never, right?

Moody Monday: Celebratory -

"Cortège de Célébration"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather

The weekly theme at Moody Monday is celebratory. After letting the word percolate much of the afternoon, I went on a search through my file of photographs and, as always, a good time was had by all - celebratory in and of itself! Anyway, this is the image that jumped to the top of the list for me. Next, I decided to go with a fancy, French title - because everything sounds so much sweeter, larger than life or death and, yes, I'll say it again - celebratory - in that language. Finally, off it went to the super, secret filtering lab where the swing shift didn't do such a bad job of it, yes? C'est tout!