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An AI #tech boom. A glittering new library. A city of public art and philanthropy, that's resisted far-right politics (so far).
Abilene's easy to overlook and not easy to summarize, and it's changing fast: https://www.texasobserver.org/abilene-art-library-ai-data-center-book-bans/
THE ULTIMATE SANDBOX (1984)
Acrylic on Canvas - 15” x 24”
A whimsical portrait of my daughter Alexa that remains one of my all-time most popular images—and a personal favorite! 1/2
@MichaelWhelan I remember well when I saw this great painting for the first time in some media because it shows my childhood's dream. When watching the 1969 moon landing live, my biggest wish was becoming an astronaut, of course. But everbody only told me that they would never accept girls.
Your painting came too late for my profession but I was so impressed and loved it.
Here’s my Perpetual Journal art of Saguaro & Hedgehog cacti in bloom in my Tucson AZ yard this Spring. Read more about cacti in bloom on my recent blog post https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/saguaro-and-hedgehog-flowers
#SciArt #art #illustration #watercolor #painting #sketchbook #NatureJournal #NatureJournaling #PerpetualJournal #blog #Tucson #SonoranDesert #NativePlants #biodiversity #environment #ecosystem #ecology #nature #outdoors #cactus #Saguaro #flower #wildflower #BloomScrolling #Spring
From Christopher Collins: “You can’t force this sort of energy and involvement in your community. This is organic. Very generous people want the community to be as wonderful as possible; they want to give it to the next generation. It’s an Abilene phenomenon.” https://www.texasobserver.org/abilene-art-library-ai-data-center-book-bans/
‘Army of angels’
Urban Energy
#DavidHockney, iconic British #artist known for his colorful landscapes & pool scenes, dies at 88
Historian Simon Schama said it’s no mystery why his work is so enduringly appealing.
“His work is admired — loved is not too strong a word — by the millions who, worldwide, flock to see it because it presupposes an expectation of pleasure,” Schama wrote in an essay accompanying a 2025 #Hockney exhibition in Paris.
#art
https://apnews.com/article/david-hockney-artist-death-79ddb3813406f21a8859d3b22e653852
With his trademark round glasses & bleached-blond hair, #Hockney was a well-known figure in the swinging British & US art scenes of the 1960s, even before he reached the age of 30. His paintings were just as distinctive, many of them creating a dreamlike world of patterned light bouncing off water & windows, & human forms rendered in flattened, simplified shapes in matte acrylic paint.
#DavidHockney, iconic British #artist known for his colorful landscapes & pool scenes, dies at 88
Historian Simon Schama said it’s no mystery why his work is so enduringly appealing.
“His work is admired — loved is not too strong a word — by the millions who, worldwide, flock to see it because it presupposes an expectation of pleasure,” Schama wrote in an essay accompanying a 2025 #Hockney exhibition in Paris.
#art
https://apnews.com/article/david-hockney-artist-death-79ddb3813406f21a8859d3b22e653852
New: Abilene is a city of literature and art, with 10,000s of visitors streaming into its new library. It's also a city in the throes of an AI boom, and one that certain forces wish to twist to the far right.
Christopher Collins takes us on a tour of its many contradictions .... https://www.texasobserver.org/abilene-art-library-ai-data-center-book-bans/
New: Abilene is a city of literature and art, with 10,000s of visitors streaming into its new library. It's also a city in the throes of an AI boom, and one that certain forces wish to twist to the far right.
Christopher Collins takes us on a tour of its many contradictions .... https://www.texasobserver.org/abilene-art-library-ai-data-center-book-bans/
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