Yosemite, October 5th, 2011 is an iPad drawing by David Hockney from the artist’s Yosemite Suite. Part of a 12-edition release, the composition captures a dramatic Yosemite National Park landscape, where bright green pine trees stand before swirling grey clouds, cascading mist, and the rugged surface of a towering cliff face. Hockney uses expressive digital brushwork and vivid tonal contrasts to create atmosphere and movement throughout the scene, while the layered composition reinforces the scale and intensity of the natural environment. The work reflects Hockney’s continued exploration of perspective, weather, 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 shifting 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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