For the theme of this exhibit, we will be exploring landscapes and environments through acrylic paintings. In order for us to feel like we are placed within a painting of a landscape or environment, there are a lot of factors that contribute to where the painting places us. Some of the factors include how color is used to depict objects, how form suggests the shape of an object, and the perspective and scale of the scenery. Landscape and environmental paintings tend to make us feel as if we are placed somewhere within the artwork. It is important to think about form, perspective, and color to determine where these works are placing us. Landscapes are fascinating, especially in David Hockney's artwork, which is what inspired me to find the theme of wondering where Hockney's pieces place us.

As an artist and as a human being who is interested in art, it is important to question the world around you. When you are in front of a landscape painting, where are you off to? Are you in a home? Are you outside? Inside? What colors do you see? These questions are special in landscape paintings, especially in David Hockney’s works. English painter, David Hockney, makes us think about where we are placed when in front of his nature and environment landscapes. With vivid colors, simplistic objects, and spontaneous roads, it seems as if these paintings can lead us somewhere. Inspired by Hockney’s work, this exhibit showcases the different instances in which he places us within his work.

With pieces such as Interior with Blue Terrace and Garden, A Bigger Interior with Blue Terrace and Garden, Garden #3, and Garden, 2015, we are placed in different areas of the same terrace. All are connected since it is in the same place, but where do we go when we walk down that floor? How does it feel to walk down that floor? What is beyond this painting? Other works that can make us wonder are The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven); May Blossom on the Roman Road; Early Blossom, Woldgate; Woldgate Lane to Burton Agnes; Late Spring Tunnel; and Woldgate Woods, 30 March-21 April. This series of paintings puts us in the outdoors this time, surrounded by nature. With dirt paths in this series of paintings, where could these roads lead us?

In the activity worksheet, you will draw an environment of your own inspired by David Hockney's pieces. Reflect on how color, form, and scale work together to place us in a certain spot. Again, where could these roads or environments possibly take us?