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What do you do on lockdown if you are one of the world’s most popular and highly regarded artists?
If you are David Hockney, you draw. All day. Every single day.
“I knew that to do anything really worthwhile at my age, I’d have to isolate myself,” said the 83-year-old artist. “Then came the lockdown in March, and I didn’t mind at all because it meant there wouldn’t be any visitors, and I could get a long run on work. And I did.”
It no doubt helped that the longtime Los Angeles resident had spent much of the last two years on 4 acres in Normandy, France, in a 17th century cottage with a new studio, two assistants and his dog, Toby. There, sitting by a roaring fire, a non-alcoholic beer in one hand and a cigarette in the other, Hockney radiated considerable well-being during an 80-minute Zoom call earlier this month.