David Hockney
Self-portrait - 2021
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
David Hockney has written quite a bit on visual theory over the years, and you can find hundreds of interviews with him online from different points in his long career.
I’m writing this today because it feels pretty obvious he’s fading. There are some recent videos of him online, and he seems like a shell of who he was only a few years ago. I love this guy. I consider David Hockney to have had one of the most interesting careers in painting, and he has inspired me a lot.
For myself, Hockney comes across as a bit of a mad scientist who’s always concocting new ways of capturing the visual experience. I really appreciate who he is and just wanted to express that into the internet void.
I’m embedding a video of Hockney talking about his work ‘A Bigger Grand Canyon’. This is a great interview that shows how he went about capturing a view of this monumental space.
Mulholland Drive- The Road to the Studio - 1980
Yves-Marie in the Rain 1973
This image is so unlike any other Hockney that I have seen. I like it. Its kind of startling though when you think this is a Hockney painting.
