David hockney biography photography ideas

Jul 10, / Photography / David Hockney / inspiration

David Hockney is one of the most famous English painters alive today.

He turned 83 years old this week!

Leading up to his July 9th birthday, I saw a couple of instagram posts about his work (from accidentalmystery on June 26th and Baltimore Art on July 5th). While I was out walking, a fountain reminded me of his swimming pool painting.

Even seeing the water in the Baltimore Inner Harbor reminded me of his work!

When synchronicity and coincidences like these happen one after the other (I didn’t know his birthday was this week), I note them down in my journal, and then I make art from it.

David hockney style of art

Hence, the image of the ocean with the subtle drawing of the waves. The ocean image is then collaged over the dark night image with the moon. David Hockney is a big influence and the reason why I use collage in my artwork.

While creating this cyanotype print, I was thinking ab