Over the weekend I visited Saltaire Mill and discovered a recent exhibition by artist, David Hockney.
The exhibition was based on the changing scenery of seasons, and I was blown away by the fact that every piece was created by using an iPad!
I have always admired Hockney's use of composition, particularly depth and leading lines in his scenic imagery, but in this series of work the use of colour stood out to me the most.
Some of the colours come across as quite abstract and un usual, for example the pink and purple paths amongst the green fields, although I find that in comparison to the other colours in the image, they create a sense of temperature and also the time of day.
For example, my interpretation of these two images in terms of getting a sense of feeling would be that the left image is a late summers evening having brightened up from previous stormy weather. On the right I would imagine a cold, dusk midwinter day where the nights are pulling in earlier by the day.
Hockney's work has inspired me to think more deeply about how I use colour in my practice; how combining certain colours together can create a certain mood, feeling or temperature. As well as experimenting with alternative methods such as using an iPad, something which is considered non-traditional, but which has produced these beautiful images.
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