April showers -

"She Had A Flower Garden"
digital drawing & collage by Mick Mather

"... people say that we're insane
'cause we love it when it rains ..."
- The Flowers, Pee-wee's Playhouse

Out walking -

"Down the Garden Path"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the path that leads to a loaf of bread,
winds through the swamps of toil,
and the path that leads to a suit of clothes,
goes through a flowerless soil,
and the paths that lead to a loaf of bread,
and the suit of clothes are hard to tread ..."
- Sam Walter Foss

Weeding time -

"A Strange Little Garden"
manipulated digital drawing by Mick Mather

"A weed is a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Illustration Friday: Garden -

"Selfportrait of the Artist as a Garden Stake"
digital collage by Mick Mather

The Illustration Friday theme-of-the-week is garden and as I was poking around in the dictionary, a thesaurus, photo files and a garden catalog, I spotted more than a few decorative garden stakes. Oh boy! Something for The Selfportrait Series here I bet! Yup ... :D

Thursday Challenge: Garden -

"A Psychedelic Users Secret Garden"
$50 unframed - LUCAS GALLERY
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather

As always, although I haven't said so lately, Dale Hudjik's Thursday Challenge always offers a multiple of ideas with every theme. This week garden is the topic and I went with a rather straight (ahem) forward image of a chair next to a Spring garden. From there things began to twirl, ripple and melt...as they will for the serious user or unaware thrill seeker. The electric drip of pure color and sound flow, puddle and pool on their way to a trance state and the door to enlightenment. Dude, pass the kool aid! :D