David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring

Finding himself stuck in London after suffering from a minor stroke a couple of years ago, David Hockney found solace, as always, in drawing.

He made 25 large scale charcoal landscapes which are now being exhibited as part of The Arrival of Spring at Annely Juda Fine Art alongside a selection of iPad drawings and a video installation, Woldgate Woods (2010), comprising 9 digital videos synchronised on 9 55 inch NEC screens.

“I decided to do an arrival of spring in black and white (and greys) at the beginning of 2013. A change from the color I had used in 2011. I almost gave up on them a few times, but persevered with them, and finished about the end of May’13. The Chinese say B&W contains colour, and so it can…”

“The color prints are from the iPad. These were drawn in 2011 and first shown at the Royal Academy in 2012, and so I’ve made just small editions of them. Some took 2 or 3 days to draw, and they were all drawn knowing they would be printed bigger… They were deliberately made for printing.”

The Arrival of Spring is on display until July 12 and is the perfect combination of technology-driven art alongside the human hand. A truly fascinating collection by a brilliant British artist who will never grow old!

We love you David Hockney! Keep on drawing!