THE ARRIVAL OF SPRING, 18 MAY, 2011: Signed iPad work on paper by David Hockney

  • The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, 18th May, 2011 is an iPad work by David Hockney from his Arrival of Spring series

    The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, 18th May, 2011

    iPad drawing printed on paper
    55in x 41.5 In, Edition of 25
    ©David Hockney
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    The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire, 18 May, 2011 is an iPad drawing by David Hockney from the Arrival of Spring in Woldgate series. The composition centres on a single tree rendered in layered browns and purples, with long, slender branches extending from the trunk. Small buds appear at the tips, signalling the onset of spring growth. Beneath the tree and into the distance, rolling hills and dense grasses in varied shades of green fill the foreground and background, reinforcing the sense of seasonal renewal.
     

    The Arrival of Spring, 18 May, 2011 demonstrates the level of precision and layered detail David Hockney achieves through his digital drawing practice on the iPad. Using customised brushes and controlled linework, Hockney is able to build texture, depth, and tonal variation in a way that parallels traditional painting while retaining the speed and flexibility of a digital medium. In this work, the distant hills are treated in more unified colour fields with lighter surface detail, while the central tree is constructed through multiple passes of colour and fine digital strokes, creating structure and dimensionality in the trunk and branches.

     

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  • "I believe that the very process of looking can make a thing beautiful" 
     
    - David Hockney
    The Arrival of Spring, 18 May, 2011 reflects David Hockney’s sustained focus on recording seasonal change across the series. Trees that appeared bare in earlier views now show fresh clusters of emerging leaves, marking the visible shift into late spring. Hockney’s aim to capture fleeting moments of transformation gives the series the character of a visual diary, tracking growth and atmosphere over time. The work preserves not only a specific stage in the landscape’s development but also a distinct observational moment from one of Britain’s leading artists.

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