A NEW ABSTRACT ART STYLE RISING
SMART CITY EQUALITY by Dorothea Sandra, EDAC. Featured at the 2025 Sustainability Research and Innovation International Congress in Chicago.
Really? What makes this art so different?
It’s clean! It’s fresh! It has a science-based dopamine-triggering happy abstract style!
There is no universal objective criterion for judging abstract art; however, critics and enthusiasts can use several analysis approaches based on the artwork’s formal elements, the artist’s intent, and the viewer’s personal experience.
Certified evidence-based design artist, Dorothea Sandra, takes the latest scientific evidence and blends it with abstract art through a new art series. The intent of this art series, called SMART CITY ART, is to connect smart technology and sustainability science with happy dopamine-triggering evidence based design science and art.
Simply said, how is this done?
SMART CITY EQUALITY by Dorothea Sandra
At the 2025 SRI Sustainability Research and Innovation International Congress in Chicago, Dorothea Sandra's abstract paintings from the Smart City Art series were on display. Scientists and researchers gathered from around the world to speak on and discuss many of today’s topics in their fields. What were so many of them saying?
“The science is already here, but the information desperately needs to get out and be heard.”
Smart City Equality, the painting below, was a featured piece at this congress. Evidence-based design artist Dorothea Sandra takes the latest scientific evidence and blends it with abstract art.
ARTISTIC MERIT OF THIS ARTWORK
Skilled art techniques were essential to create this 24” x 24” work of art. The shapes, colors, and lines in the painting SMART CITY EQUALITY were arranged on the canvas to create a cohesive and visually pleasing (dopamine-triggering) experience. Composition and balance, color and value, line and shape, and texture were also successfully demonstrated.
Looking closer, especially at the symbology and iconography, the artwork shows a clear sense of purpose. It features, supports, and promotes the concepts of smart city technology and sustainability.
The emotional impact is unusual and perhaps even unique among many modern works of abstract art. Using knowledge gained from being EDAC, evidence-based design trained and certified, Dorothea Sandra drew from her background to deliberately and strategically create positive, dopamine-triggering happy emotions in viewers.
The formula of SMART TECHNOLOGY KNOWLEDGE + SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE + EVIDENCE-BASED DESIGN + ABSTRACT ART TECHNIQUES = SMART CITY ART SERIES was used throughout this artwork.
SCIENTIFIC MERIT OF THIS ARTWORK
The concepts of equality and sustainability are deeply intertwined. Sustainability science focuses on achieving a just and thriving world for all, now and in the future. Achieving environmental sustainability is possible through addressing social equity, as environmental burdens and benefits are disproportionately distributed.
According to China Daily. com, “Thirty years ago, 186 countries met in Copenhagen, Denmark, for the first Social Summit for Social Development. The gathering was the largest meeting of world leaders ever at the time. By the end of the summit, their agenda was clear: the challenges faced by our societies are global and so are the solutions.
In response, governments vowed to put people at the center of global development. They recognized that social justice must be the foundation for economic progress if progress is to be sustainable. It means ensuring that people, regardless of gender, nationality, background or place of birth, have the right to live in dignity, with equal opportunities to work, thrive and succeed. Societies built on fairness work better, trust more and grow stronger.
The consensus of the summit became the cornerstone for the United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Since 2015, the SDGs have been the blueprint for achieving a socially just, peaceful and sustainable world. The deadline for their realization has been set for 2030.”
Price is not the prime consideration.
I kept the prices for the paintings in this series deliberately low. My primary purpose for creating this art is to celebrate and promote knowledge and favor for smart and sustainable cities in the future, not make a big art sale.
Price: $650
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Inspiration: Evidence-based design for healthy cities
Category: Abstract Expressionism
Size: 24” x 24”
Medium: Premium acrylic paint on gallery wrapped canvas
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Here’s a little video featuring today’s art that actively promotes SMART and SUSTAINABLE CITIES today and in the future.
ENJOY!
I have been given the great honor of participating in the SWATCH ART PEACE HOTEL artist residency program in Shanghai, China. From mid-February to mid-May 2026, I will be staying at the hotel, where I will receive living and art studio space. My delight and focus will be to paint smart city technology and sustainability accomplishments throughout Shanghai and other super fabulous places in China. Many people have expressed a desire to follow these adventures. If you’d like to come along online, please sign up below.
A NEW ABSTRACT ART STYLE RISING
Fresh art style uses the latest scientific evidence and blends it with floral and abstract art.
Really? What makes this art so different?
It’s clean! It’s fresh! It has a dopamine-triggering happy style!
Evidence-based design artist Dorothea Sandra takes the latest scientific evidence and blends it with floral and abstract art.
Take a look at the first page of a recent magazine article about this rising art style.
In 2024, my Smart City Art series was born, and by 2025, it was featured at the 2025 SRI Sustainability Research and Innovation International Congress held at the Sheraton Grand Riverwalk Hotel in Chicago, June 2025.
Smart City Art series at the 2025 SRI Sustainability Research and Innovation International Congresss in Chicago.
ARTISTIC MERIT OF THE ARTWORK
In this 15-Minute Walkability painting below, which was also featured at the 2025 Sustainability Research and Innovation International Congress, I went deeper into the rhythmic pulse of urban life, where swirls of vibrant paths represent the bustling walkability of a smart city.
Each stroke and color choice pulsates with the dynamic interplay of technology and human connectivity, embodying the chaotic harmony of city living.
It’s a visual symphony that invites viewers to explore an abstract yet deeply interconnected world.
This painting brings an energetic and thought-provoking perspective into any space, enhancing the environment with a sense of modern vitality and colorful complexity.
It’s clean! It’s fresh! It has a dopamine-triggering happy abstract style!
15-Minute Walkability is a painting inspired by the science of walkability. It is a work of art that conveys messages, emotions, and ideas. Although an abstract, it does not lack a sense of deliberate decision-making.
SCIENTIFIC MERIT BEHIND THE ARTWORK
The science of 15-minute walkability is the concept that residents should be able to access their daily necessities and basic services within a 15-minute walk or bike ride from their homes. This human-centered approach to living aims to reduce car dependence, promote healthier lifestyles, improve environmental sustainability, and foster stronger communities by integrating amenities and green spaces into neighborhoods.
“With 70% of the world’s population expected to live in urban areas by 2030, cities have an increasingly important role in shaping human health, quality of life, and happiness. Mobility—the ability to move around freely and easily—is integral to the intrinsic value of a city. The renaissance of sustainable urban mobility has led to the reimaging of urban landscapes and urban areas to reclaim the streets and public spaces for people.
Encouraging walking and physical activity improves not only human wellbeing and health of cities but also manifests social, economic, environmental, and political benefits.”
This painting is no longer for sale. During the 2025 SRI congress, I told the University of Illinois I would donate any painting I brought with me to Chicago. 15-Minute Walkability was the painting they wanted.
I have been given the great honor of participating in the SWATCH ART PEACE HOTEL artist residency program in Shanghai, China. From mid-February to mid-May 2026, I will be staying at the hotel, where I will receive living and art studio space. My delight and focus will be to paint smart city technology and sustainability accomplishments throughout Shanghai and other super fabulous places in China. Many people have expressed a desire to follow these adventures. If you’d like to come along online, please sign up below.