iPad drawing ‘No. 281’, 23rd July 2010

David Hockney (b. 1937) is one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century, best known for his portraits of friends, swimming pools and landscapes. Throughout his career, Hockney has experimented with a variety of media from collaged photography to painting and printmaking. In 2009, Hockney started his ipad drawing series, which began when he started drawing with his thumbs on his iphone. The following year in 2010, when the ipad was released, he began to use that technology to create colorful and bright images of landscapes, flowers, portraits, among other subjects. Hockney’s “My Window” is an artist’s book of 120 iPhone and iPad drawings, that follows the course of the seasons through his bedroom window of his East Yorkshire home between 2009 and 2012. Each image depicts a fleeting moment—from the colorful sunrise and lilac morning sky to nighttime impressions, snow-covered branches and the arrival of spring. Printed in large format, this is a highly perceptive and poetic body of work. The book comes with an exclusive print of one of Hockney’s famed iPad drawings, printed on archival paper and signed by the artist.