the future of water
Water is already scare out here; there are portions of Lubbock and Wolfforth that are already running out of water. An estate-lot subdivision in Lubbock County was recently annexed into the city because the wells out there were dry; the property owners are paying over $33,000 each to buy into the city water system. Housing developments continue, though, with most of them featuring giant lots with water-sucking green grass lawns.
Data centers are here; counties are excited about the revenues these centers will produce. However. HOWEVER. There’s not any credible record of eventual water or electricity use by these places. Not much mention of the loss of dark skies in rural counties that’ll have these giant developments. We’re not (officially) especially concerned about electricity even though Texas’s power grid is famously unstable ALREADY. Will local residents still have jobs after the big construction push is over and how many people does it take to staff a data center? Probably not many. Will the data centers be active and important parts of these communities? I think we know how this’ll play out.
And water? Just don’t get used to it, I guess…
Monotype print using original photo of water tank – Hockley County, Texas
photographed 6.14.2026; monoprint 7.3.2026
trio, in yellow
A lot of the time when I make a print I sort of make up the piece as I go along (which is probably self-evident). This one began when I used a very, very unusable print and cut out some circles to paint over. Then I used a gel plate that had junk stuck on it from previous failed prints. And while “abstract art” is likely to be a preposterous claim, I feel confident that this is abstract, at least.
monotype print
printed 6.17.2026
different
Another magazine ad, with some words from somewhere else in the same magazine. (Her skin sure is pink and splotchy…she might need to find a dermatologist or some sunscreen or a different printmaker.)
image transfer monotype print, from magazine advertisement
printed 5.20.2026
the artist at 70
My handprint with some surrounding textures made from cardboard packing material. Because why not?
monotype print
printed 3.27.2026
One Day | One Image 