David Hockney- "Garrowby Hill"

David Hockney was born in Bradford, England in 1937. He attended art school before moving to Los Angeles in the 1960s. Hockney first gained recognition for his Pop Art paintings, drawings, and prints in the 1960s. He also considered the traditional subject of landscape throughout his career. In the 1990s he returned to Yorkshire and was inspired by the countryside. The painting I chose is an oil on canvas called "Garrowby Hill", which was created in 1998. It is one of a number of bright landscape paintings that he produced of scenery from across the country of Yorkshire. It is the high horizon of the Yorkshire Moors. This is the highest point in the Yorkshire Wolds and it was from here that the snaking road was captured by the artist. What drew me to this painting was mainly the use of vibrant color. I also liked how he incorporated geometry into this piece. He turned a real place into a burst of colors with abstract lines. I looked up the place in which this painting was based on and I saw just a grey road with green trees. The way he took such simple scenery and turned it into this was also what drew me to the painting.