David Hockney by David Hockney — Fine Art

David Hockney by David Hockney uses flat colour shapes and a swimming pool scene to build a bright blue water surface beside a pool edge line. The picture stays close to the hard edge painting style seen across much of his work.

A fine art print sits on the wall with a light frame on a dark wall, so the blue stays clear and the pale ground does not get lost. The matte face keeps the flat colour shapes soft under a ceiling light.

On a bedroom landing wall, the viewer sees the largest blue shape first from the top of the stairs, then the thin line of the pool edge lower down. The print reads as a calm scene from that distance.