Hockney, trees and woodlands.
by Margaret, 16 March, 2012, 1 comments
Walking into the David Hockney exhibition at the RA was akin to entering a forest. Like stately trees, the paintings towered above my head, and cohorts of them rallied behind, receding far into the distance. This is not a showing of a series of individual paintings so much as one continuous stream of creative art. With a lifetime’s experience of recording visual images of the world around him, David Hockney has spent the past few years creating a composite image of the Yorkshire landscape.
A great part of the countryside is covered in trees and woodland. He catches the same scene at different seasons, showing not only the seasonal changes of buds breaking and leaves falling, but also the variations of light. These are so striking that it is sometimes hard to believe that he has sat in exactly the same place to paint them. Read more...