Yosemite No. 18, 2010: iPad print on paper by David Hockney

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Yosemite No. 18 is an iPad drawing by David Hockney from the artist’s Yosemite Suite. The composition captures a quiet woodland scene within Yosemite National Park, centred around a tall tree rendered in layered green tones and surrounded by abstracted foliage and delicate white shrub forms in the foreground. Hockney uses expressive digital brushwork and strong tonal contrasts to create depth and atmosphere throughout the landscape, while the simplified forms reinforce the rhythm and structure of the woodland setting. The work reflects Hockney’s continued exploration of observation, 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 spatial complexity 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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