David Hockney landscapes

 Hockney's landscapes  feel as though your seeing the view through his minds eye, the exaugurated colours and dramatization of the shapes of the land and the impossible panoramic views that pull you in and through the scene.

I find them really emotive and joyful. I imagine the place as he sees it with his memories tied into the imagining of the scene. 

Its playful and child like in some ways, the composition adds depth though a lot f the individual parts are painted quite flat.

I am particularly  interested in the patchwork way he paints the fields in the distance of "Garrowby Hill" its very simple yet effective and the exaugurated colour pallet that fades into the distance, has the telltale light of a summers day.

Being able to capture the season of a land scape through colour/ light is such a  magical and difficult thing to master.

"The Road to York through Sledmere" 1997

"Mulholland Drive: The Road to the Studio" 1980

"NicholsCanyon" 1980

"Garrowby Hill" 1998

I was trying to create an Ariel view of fields with my box prints and then further communicate this by lino printing my hand carved map of Erewash over the top. My work is more abstract. for inspiration I'm   looking at the many ways artist intemperate landscapes.

My map lino print over box print fields 

I think the black ink is too harsh over the pastle of the field and will try more harmonious colour combinations. I like the carve lines that come through. I intentionally carved them away in different directions to add movement and texture and separation to the different areas on the map to represent fields and crops and farms.