Yosemite No. 19, 2010: David Hockney iPad print from the Yosemite Suite

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Yosemite No. 19 is an iPad drawing by David Hockney from the artist’s Yosemite Suite. The composition depicts a vibrant forest scene within Yosemite National Park, where a large textured boulder sits behind a centrally positioned pink tree surrounded by stylised evergreens and luminous green foliage. Hockney uses vivid tonal contrasts and expressive digital brushwork to create movement, depth, and atmosphere throughout the woodland landscape, while the layered forms reinforce the rhythm and structure of the composition. The work reflects Hockney’s continued exploration of perspective, colour, 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 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 digital media could expand the visual language of contemporary landscape art.

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