David Hockney: an artist and painter that I greatly admire.

News of David Hockney surfaced recently and I have to admit that I had forgotten all about this exceptional artist. I wasn’t even sure if he was still alive. I’m happy to report that Hockney is very much alive, living in England again and still smoking at the age of 72. Watching him smoke in the video really made me crave one and that hasn’t happened for quite some time (It’s been almost three years since I quit).

Although DH has been painting landscapes in Yorkshire lately, I love his portraits most. His brushwork is quite rough but extremely evocative. Just look at the eyes in the portrait of “Mum”. Brilliant. Bloody brilliant.