The Yosemite Suite 3
The Yosemite Suite 3
Signed Print
David Hockney
94 x 71cm, Edition of 25, Digital Print, 2010
£90,000-£140,000
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Meaning & Analysis
The Yosemite Suite 3 by David Hockney is a 2010 digital print on paper, part of a 25-edition series depicting Yosemite National Park landscapes. Created using an iPad, this artwork showcases Hockney's exploration of digital media in landscape art. The piece captures the park's richly vegetaed forests and imposing cliffs, using a palette dominated by greens and blues to represent Yosemite's natural scenery with a combination of mark-making to delineate different natural textures.
The Yosemite Suite 3 exemplifies Hockney's application of digital art techniques to landscape representation. The composition likely depicts one of Yosemite's well-known features, such as El Capitan or Half Dome, featuring a rich blend of emerald and forest greens for the dense woodlands, contrasted with azure blues representing the sky and distant mountains.
Hockney's digital marks create a textured surface that echoes traditional painting methods while embracing the unique possibilities of the iPad medium. Working outdoors with an iPad allowed for immediate response to changing light and atmospheric conditions. In The Yosemite Suite 3, Hockney's use of the digital medium is evident in the subtle gradations of colour and bold marks that convey the rugged terrain. The large-scale print invites close examination of Hockney's digital technique, revealing his adaptation to this new medium and ongoing exploration of visual perception in landscape art.
