Photograph: © David HockneyThe artist has agreed to talk me through the exhibition, called The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020, and the arrangement underlines his idiosyncratic ease with technology. “I remember in Bradford there weren’t many shadows, because the light was just grey light, mostly. “I’m teaching the French how to paint Normandy. Photograph: Jean-Pierre Gonçalves de Lima“Aww, he’s a great, great, great painter,” says Hockney when I wonder why Monet is often misunderstood as a “chocolate box” artist. I don’t care if they’re on chocolate boxes!”Like Monet, Hockney is creating a personal world of natural beauty to paint.

Source: The Guardian May 10, 2021 04:52 UTC