Yosemite i October 16th, 2011: iPad print by David Hockney from the Yosemite Suite

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Yosemite I, October 16th, 2011 is an iPad drawing by David Hockney from the Yosemite Suite. Part of a 12-edition release, the composition presents a vibrant Yosemite National Park landscape, with richly detailed greenery in the foreground, stylised red-trunked trees, and distant blue cliffs and waterfalls beneath a softly streaked pale sky. Hockney uses layered digital brushwork and vivid tonal contrasts to create depth, atmosphere, and movement throughout the scene, while the structured composition reinforces the scale and rhythm of the landscape. The work reflects Hockney’s continued exploration of colour, perspective, and the expressive possibilities of digital drawing.

Created entirely on iPad, the Yosemite Suite marked a significant development in Hockney’s digital practice, combining direct landscape observation with contemporary technology. Produced during the artist’s engagement with Yosemite National Park, the series captures changing light, texture, and atmospheric conditions with immediacy and precision. The Yosemite works are now regarded among the most important digital landscapes within Hockney’s wider body of prints and editions, demonstrating how digital media could expand the visual language of contemporary landscape art.

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