Thursday Challenge: Red -

"Erosion Cube (With Red Threads)"

digital photographs by Mick Mather
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Kris Henderson has moved forward with The Erosion Bundle Project, a continuation of Seth Apter's marvelous Desintegration Collaboration Project. I'm a little bit late, having just found out about it via New Zealand's sweetheart, "Lucky Dip" Lisa, but was finally able to get my own piece hung outside yesterday. I spent a bit of time building the 3" X 3" "Erosion Cube" and when the end of the project arrives, a small documentation booklet will likely appear. If you haven't seen my documentation of Seth's "Disintegration Collaboration Project documentation, "From the Proverbial Ashes", you can still get it for FREE here. Anyway, for full info and a peek at what others are doing with Kris's next step, click on The Erosion Bundle Project link above.

Ribbons & bows -

"Red Package"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... instead of a gem, or even a flower,
we should cast the gift
of a loving thought
into the heart of a friend,
that would be giving
as the angels give ..."
- George MacDonald

Click your heels together three times -

"The Red Shoe"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... I'm goin' out tonight in my red high heels ..."
- Kellie Pickler

Li'l Red -

"A Short Red Dress"
digital collage by Mick Mather
"... a dress makes no sense unless
it inspires men to take it off of you ..."
- Francoise Sagan

Illustration Friday: Artificial -

"Beauty Queen"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... Russian girls are prettier than American girls ..."
- Anastasia Somchyk

NEW from The Selfportrait Series -

"Selfportrait of the Artist Seeing Red"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... when in doubt wear red ..."
- Bill Blass

NEW from The Toys Series -

"Red Ball"

digitally manipulated tempera-on-paper painting by Mick Mather

Today's post is the ninth piece shown in The Toys Series. I have an even dozen in the file and every intention of attempting to accomplish another dozen for my upcoming exhibition at The Weiskotten Gallery during the month of July. Initially I was thinking to mount the original paintings alongside the manipulated versions but expense has thrown that idea straight out the window. I'll quite likely choose one, representative painting as a reference point to hang with my exhibition statement. Gee, now I've tired myself out completely thinking about all of the work that lies ahead!

Thursday Challenge: Red -

"The Red Shoes"
$50 Unframed - LUCAS GALLERY
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather

It's been another very long day. I barely had enough energy to get this week's Thursday Challenge image completed for the theme of red. Here it is though ... and now? I'm off to get some needed rest.

Thursday Challenge: Colorful -

"Colorful"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather

This title of this evenings post is the theme at Thursday Challenge this week. I knew that I had a handful of photographs that would quite likely be usable, and yet, I began messing about with a failed photo that was almost totally black save for the red spot. Primary red at that - so, I went about tweaking and lightening and brightening and layering and filtering and...phew! This is what happened by the end of the process. As the piece developed, a number of other versions, equally satisfying but less colorful, were created. One of these alternate images can be seen at my newest blog, a collaborative, sci-fi creation of an imaginary world known as the Outer Dust Rings.