Yosemite No. 5, 2010: iPad print on paper by David Hockney

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Yosemite No. 5 is an iPad drawing by David Hockney from the artist’s Yosemite Suite. The composition depicts a stylised forest avenue within Yosemite National Park, where towering red-trunked trees frame a vivid purple pathway beneath dense green foliage and a clear blue sky. Hockney uses bold colour contrasts and simplified forms to create a rhythmic, almost architectural structure within the landscape, while the layered digital brushwork adds depth and movement across the scene. The work reflects Hockney’s continued exploration of perspective, atmosphere, and the expressive possibilities of digital drawing.

Created entirely on iPad, the Yosemite Suite represents a significant moment in Hockney’s digital practice, combining traditional landscape observation with contemporary technology. Produced during the artist’s engagement with Yosemite National Park, the series captures changing light, colour, and spatial relationships 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 new media could expand the visual language of landscape art.

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