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I am a huge fan of David Hockney's work and I was very interested to read your piece about him. I wish I'd been to see that exhibition.

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Great painting of the man 👏.

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Loved the exhibition, Hockney has a delightfully refreshing approach every time he revisits a subject. We should all follow his example. (Maybe not the smoking).

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I totally agree Valerie. (and about the smoking!) There's a constant curiosity

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Thank you for this wonderful, informative post. Great writing and an excellent choice of images. It’s impossible for me to so much as contemplate going to London; your post enabled me to share in your experience. I will return to it again and again in the coming days—there’s a lot to ponder...

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Thank you, I'm so pleased it was of interest. I found a link where you can see virtually all the pictures in the exhibition except for the new portraits done in Normandy that I thought you might like to see. It shows a much wider range of the portraits than I have here:

https://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/online/david-hockney/thumbs

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Thank you very much!

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Thank you Nicky. He's a great man to paint!

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I think you can find lots of references to the pictures etc online. The portrait gallery website has quite a bit

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