No Matter What Shape - The Archive

AN ARCHIVE OF MY OLDER WORK - AN EXHIBITION SPACE FOR ORIGINAL AND ALTERNATE VERSIONS OF MANIPULATED WORKS THAT APPEAR AT MICKMATHERSARTBLOG - A PARKING PLACE FOR SELECTED GRAPHICS USED IN OTHER BLOG SIDEBARS - AN ARTWORK IN AND OF ITSELF

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In its short-sightedness, blogger has turned its back on those of us stuck with old operating systems and I'm forced to find a new blog host. You will now find MickMathersARTblog at Blog.com - use the direct link found in the masthead and remember to update your bookmarks. This place will continue as another archive for a large body of my work. As many of you know, my primary medium and working method is digital collage composed of manipulated photographs often combined with digital drawing & generative images. Netlabels, bands and musicians can view samples of my CD Cover Art at Mick Mather Illustration located on Tumblr. In another life I was an Arts & Culture consultant specializing in revitalization planning through creative public art projects and programs with Economic & Community Development Departments of towns, villages and cities. In these hard financial times this work is more important than ever and I still accept consultancy inquiries. You can contact me by email at: mickmather@yahoo.com

Friday, February 04, 2005


Untitled - I've mentioned before that I'm fascinated with the myriad possibilities of photographic manipulation. This is an old fashion magazine photo - circa 1950 something, maybe earlier - that was just way too much fun to play around with. It was subsequently layered with another image that I won't put up here, yet. I was never quite satisfied with the way it looked on the web as compared to how it looked on my own monitor. Anyway, there are those who say that digitally manipulating photographs is nothing more than pushing a few buttons. While that happens to be true, up to a point, there's plenty of creative work to be done when deciding which filter or which transformation tool or which color processor to use. It's no different than a painter choosing different brushes to achieve different effects in a painting. Wherever you may happen to stand on this issue, I like this piece a lot and hope that you do too. Posted by Hello

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