How can you not love David Hockney? His work has been really influential to me and many other illustrators I know of, in the last few years he has slipped into the role ''national treasure'' but I still find his work fresh, exciting and joyful.
Seeing his last exhibition at the Royal Academy last year was a wonderful experience, he is a obviously a hard worker who just can't help but paint and I love how he is still clearly excited by getting out in the world and painting, also the way he has embraced new technology is really refreshing even if you prefer his painting-paintings to his ipad paintings.
Here are some lovely bits and bobs that are inspired by his iconic painting ''A bigger splash'' and a WONDERFUL image of him by the wonderful design duo Craig and Karl ( if you haven't seen their work I definitely recommend taking a look)
