David Hockney, an iconic artist, experienced Los Angeles as a vibrant and enigmatic landscape that influenced his work. During the 1960s, he drove through various locales in his red Mercedes, using the journeys to explore the distinct southern Californian light. These drives allowed him to catalog impressions and landscapes that would later inspire his paintings. Hockney creatively synchronized his drives with opera music, and although many of the places he frequented have vanished, their impact on his artistic vision remains significant.
Hockney would drive up through Malibu Canyon to Mulholland Drive and then west to Decker Canyon, timing the turns to the crescendos of classical compositions.
For David in the 1960s, Los Angeles was an enigma - a unique city different from his native London or even from New York.
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