Stop Cop City

STOP COP CITY

I was so moved by the righteous conviction of Rev. Keyanna Jones in her efforts to stop a cop training facility being built in Atlanta's backyard. Such a incredible advocate for the people of Atlanta, especially Black people. On a personal note, it's 2022/23 and A.I. Midjourney hit the art scene like a bomb. It was incredibly demoralizing to work on a piece for weeks on end only to have some program replicate something comparable by scraping the internet and stealing artist's styles. I didn't paint realistically for over a year because of it. Until this piece. That's when I realized A.I. was never going to replace my vision, and paint[?] steal what was important to me.