Almost back to normal -

"Following Patrick Caulfield"
digital collage by Mick Mather

For me, one of the very bright lights among the British Pop Artists was Patrick Caulfield. I spent quite a lot of time studying his work and when I stumbled across this old piece of my own some of those memories came back to me. I'd say more but a quick search will give you a wealth of the real work as opposed to my struggling descriptions; and, since I'm on the mend here at the Secret Visual Laboratory, I have one more day of bed rest before heading back to the real world.

NEW from The Mister Existence Series -

"Sister Existence and Her Magic Swirlin' Ship"
digital collage by Mick Mather

The early thinking over this piece was all about the empty suit, a dream and pop art/op art swirls of colors. Then, as is often the case, something else took over - in this case, our very sweet, if somewhat confused Sister Existence. The background is a multi-layered digital drawing gone awry that was turned into an abstract, smudge painting. I'm thinking that it could possibly stand on it's own and you can have a look at it here, if interested. Be that as it may, the suit was added, then Sister herself and then a bit more fiddling and manipulation. I feel like I'm rushing this piece in some way and, although I've spent plenty of time on it, I keep thinking that it should sit for a while. The last time I did that, though? The image never made it out of the files and it's almost a year old ... hmmm, perhaps I should give it a sixth chance at breaking out of jail? We'll see.