Untitled (145)

Medium: iPhone drawing in colors printed on wove paper
Year: 2009
Image: 32 x 21 1/2 inches (81.3 x 54.6 cm)
Sheet: 37 x 25 3/8 inches (94 x 64.5 cm)
Edition: 25
Publisher: The Artist

Signed, dated and numbered in pencil with the artist’s blindstamp

Untitled, 145 depicts a burning candle shrouded in darkness and exemplifies the liberatory nature of the iPhone and iPad drawing medium, having stated that “there was great advantage in this medium because it’s backlit and I could draw in the dark.” Furthermore, a digital sketch pad transformed Hockney into an artist on the move. No longer constrained to a studio space or setting up a staged still life, Hockney could easily carry his art tools with him, making him ready and able to spontaneously capture organic scenes as they occurred around him.