Save nine -

"Flying in the Face of Fashion"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the stitch is lost unless the thread be knotted ..."
- Italian Proverb

Thursday Challenge: Face -

"Selfportrait of the Artist As A Lecturer II"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the smile on your face
let's me know that you need me,
there's a truth in your heart
that says you'll never leave me,
and the touch of your hand says
you'll catch me whenever I fall ..."
- Paul Overstreet & Don Schlitz

Skin deep -

"Beauty With A Scarred Face"
digital collage by Mick Mather

This piece is not so much what it seems to be as much as it is an allegory for the way my world has been turning lately. Changes and transitions at the workplace have left me a bit scarred, on the inside, and yet there's plenty of beauty within all of that. In the real world, I've met and known a few women who've had physical scars and were some of the most beautiful individuals I've ever met. So, there you have it, in the end, even the emotional angst? It's all just skin deep.

Illustration Friday: Theory -

"Good In Theory, In Practice Not So Much"
digital collage by Mick Mather

..."Linda, having borrowed all of the books from her Plastic Surgeon, went a step too far when she began choosing a whole new face"...