High rise -

"The City Planners Midnight Dream"
digital drawing & digital collage by Mick Mather

"... parcel 916 is mandated
for twenty-plus stories ..."
- an Aide to the City Planner

A two-seater -

"Coupe"
digital drawing & digital collage by Mick Mather

"... little deuce coupe
you don't know what I got ..."
- The Beach Boys

It's a dilemma -

"No Clear Sense of Who She Should Be"
digital drawing & digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the greatest explorer on this earth
never takes voyages as long as those of the man
who descends to the depth of his heart ..."
- Julien Green

NEW from The Midnight Dream Series -

"The Polo Players Midnight Dream"
digital drawing & digital collage by Mick Mather

"... take the man ..."
- a Free Player's call

Hook, line & sinker -

"Fresh Fish"
digital drawing & digital collage by Mick Mather

"... gone fishin' ..."
- Zane Grey

NEW from The Selfportrait Series -

"Selfportrait of the Artist In A Striped Sweater"
digital collage & digital drawing by Mick Mather

".. this thing itches me 'round the neck ..."
- The Artist Hisself

Should old acquaintance be forgot -

"New Years Eve at the Marvelous New City"
digital drawing & digital collage by Mick Mather

"... and never brought to mind ..."
- Robert Burns

Hung with care -

"The New Painting"
digital drawing & digital collage by Mick Mather

"... painting: the art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather
and exposing them to critics ..."
- Ambrose Bierce

Old Navy -

"The Last Sail Locker"
digital drawing & digital collage by Mick Mather

"... three black balls, hung in a line,
hands sally the ship by the bos'ns cry,
sail locker mate sewing sails in time,
the drag line set she free and dry ..."
- Unknown

The maquette -

"Art Brut Sculpture in the Architect's Closet"
digital drawing & collage by Mick Mather

"... personally, I believe very much in values of savagery;
I mean: instinct, passion, mood, violence, madness ..."
- Jean Dubuffet

Break on through -

"The Sun and the Dark Side of the Moon"
digital drawing & collage by Mick Mather

"... you know the day destroys the night
night divides the day ..."
- The Doors

Illustration Friday: Fuel -

"The Core Attendant's Midnight Dream"
digital drawing & collage by Mick Mather

"... the world has achieved brilliance without wisdom,
power without conscience ..."
- Gen. Omar Bradley

Unwavering force of will -

"Green Plants Reclaiming Urban Ruins"
digital drawing & collage by Mick Mather

"... all changes, even the most longed for,
have their melancholy;
for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves;
we must die to one life before we can enter another ..."
- Anatole France

Please wipe your feet -

"The Carpet Remnant"
digital drawing & collage by Mick Mather

"... you lie like a rug ..."
- Unknown

Let it be -

"Here Comes the Sun"
digital drawing & collage by Mick Mather

"... a season away from winter come,
little by little devours the sun,
the shortness of day won't last forever,
may promise of spring hold us together ..."
- Unknown

Badminton anyone?

"Shuttlecock"
digital drawing & collage by Mick Mather

"... watch the birdie ..."
- Unknown

Another 1,000 cranes -

"The Paper Folders Midnight Dream"
digital drawing & collage by Mick Mather

"... I will write peace on your wings
and you will fly all over the world ..."
- Sadako Sasaki

Illustration Friday: Mesmerizing -

"Mesmerizing"
digital drawing & collage by Mick Mather

"... writers and travelers are mesmerized alike
by knowing of their destinations ..."
- Eudora Welty

Illustration Friday: Boundaries -

"Subatomic Structures Meet the Boundaries of String Theory"
digital drawing & collage by Mick Mather
- click image to view full size -

"... your current safe boundaries
were once unknown frontiers ..."
- Unknown

Illustration Friday: Mysterious -

"The Tatters Mysterious Midnight Dream"
digital drawing & collage by Mick Mather

"... I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat ..."
- Edgar Allen Poe