"COLD STREETS": The Movie -

"'COLD STREETS' - The Movie"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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After getting a delightful comment from hpy for this post at MickMathersARTblog, I decided to go forward and create a movie poster. Get your popcorn and candy, Hélène, the first reel is about to begin!

Walking in the steps of Turner -

"Fierce (Alternate Version)"
digital collage by Mick Mather

The first version posted of this piece can be found here at MICKMATHERSARTBLOG where I mentioned that I might post this piece. Being a big fan of JMW Turner, this piece evokes memory of some of his darker paintings. For that reason alone I prefer this version but I was also correct to post the other and find it the stronger of the two images.

Old skool -

"The Girls at the Office (Alternate Version)"
digital collage by Mick Mather

As mentioned at MICKMATHERSARTBLOG this is the version that was posted there most of the day. It kept bothering me so I took it down and replaced it with yet another version.

Another look -

"The Black Hats - Alternate Version #1"
digital collage by Mick Mather

I was feeling a bit off center yesterday and not up to posting this alternate version of the image posted at MICKMATHERSARTBLOG for Illustration Friday. It's a bit easier to see the pun suggested by the title since the burnt match on the right isn't clearly recognizable with the extra filtering and layers. :)

Alternate Version -

"A Day After Punch Left Judy (Alternate Version)"
digital collage by Mick Mather

If you just popped in from my August 5th post at MICKMATHERSARTBLOG, I should say that I actually prefer this version. It's a lot more abstract in meaning as well as visually considering the red, background shapes that represent Punch. Is he passed on? Casually cast aside by the puppet master? The suggested, window-like features too, are they an exit for old Punch? A moment of growth and moving on for Judy? Hmmmm.

Referrence to "Architecture and the Modern Woman"

"Architecture and the Modern Woman"
digital collage by Mick Mather

As mentioned in today's post over at MICKMATHERSARTBLOG, this is the first piece in what I had been contemplating as a new series. For those of you who took the initiative to follow the link over here, welcome to this post from around October 2005.