This past week, I went to see the documentary "Hockney at the Royal Academy of Arts" at the movie theater. David Hockney was born and raised in working-class Yorkshire, UK and became perhaps the modern painter most associated with Los Angeles.
During the movie, you quickly get the sense how he regularly travels between the US and the UK, and how his driving trips encouraged a new appreciation for his home country’s landscape.
This documentary focusses on two key exhibits held at the Royal Academy of Arts in the UK. The first exhibit entitled "A Bigger Picture", highlighted his multi-frame landscapes from Yorkshire area. The second exhibit was named "82 Portraits and 1 Still Life". He only spent three days to complete each of the large portraits of people he knows.
As David Hockney enters his 80s, he comes across, during the intimate and in-depth interviews, as an ever-enthusiastic, always curious figure, and forever concerned with painting and how to make his marks on the canvas.
Here is a painting that I completed in the last few days. The scene is of a small creek in the Adirondacks. I enjoyed this scene because of the various rocks and the serenity the slowly flowing water provided.
During the movie, you quickly get the sense how he regularly travels between the US and the UK, and how his driving trips encouraged a new appreciation for his home country’s landscape.
This documentary focusses on two key exhibits held at the Royal Academy of Arts in the UK. The first exhibit entitled "A Bigger Picture", highlighted his multi-frame landscapes from Yorkshire area. The second exhibit was named "82 Portraits and 1 Still Life". He only spent three days to complete each of the large portraits of people he knows.
As David Hockney enters his 80s, he comes across, during the intimate and in-depth interviews, as an ever-enthusiastic, always curious figure, and forever concerned with painting and how to make his marks on the canvas.
Here is a painting that I completed in the last few days. The scene is of a small creek in the Adirondacks. I enjoyed this scene because of the various rocks and the serenity the slowly flowing water provided.
Have a great week,
Danielle
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