We live in an age where the artist is forgotten. He is a researcher. I see myself that way.

Nikos Stangos) (1979) Thames and Hudson London ISBN 0-500-27163-1
Blue Guitar: Etchings by David Hockney Who Was Inspired by Wallace Stevens Who Was Inspired by Pablo Picasso (1977) Petersburg Press New York ISBN 0-902825-03-8
Photographs (1982) Petersburg Press New York ISBN 0-902825-15-1
Hockney's Photographs (1983) Arts Council of Great Britain London ISBN 0-7287-0382-3
Martha's Vineyard and other places: My Third Sketchbook from the Summer of 1982 (with Nikos Stangos) (1985) Thames and Hudson London ISBN 0-500-23446-9
David Hockney: Faces 1966–1984 (1987) Thames and Hudson London ISBN 0-500-27464-9
Hockney's Alphabet (with Stephen Spender) (1991) Random House London ISBN 0-679-41066-X
David Hockney: Some Very New Paintings (Intro by William Hardie) (1993) William Hardie Gallery Glasgow ISBN 1-872878-03-2
Off the Wall: A Collection of David Hockney's Posters 1987–94 (with Brian Baggott) (1994) Pavilion Books ISBN 1-85793-421-0
Hockney's Pictures (2006) Thames and Hudson London ISBN 0-500-28671-X
David Hockney: Poster Art (1995) Chronicle Books ISBN 0-8118-0915-3
That's the Way I See It (with Nikos Stangos) (1989) Thames and Hudson London ISBN 0-500-28085-1
Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the lost techniques of the Old Masters (2006) Thames and Hudson London ISBN 0-500-28638-8
Hockney On Art: Conversations with Paul Joyce (2008) Little Brown and Company New York ISBN 1-4087-0157-X
David Hockney's Dog Days (2011) Thames and Hudson London ISBN 0-500-28627-2
A Yorkshire Sketchbook (2011) Royal Academy of Arts London ISBN 1-907533-23-0


Further reading
Travels with Pen Pencil and Ink (1980) Tate Gallery London ISBN 0-905005-58-9
Weschler L. For the season 2012–2013 in the Vienna State Opera he designed on his iPad a large scale picture (176 sqm) as part of the exhibition series Safety Curtain conceived by museum in progress. Some pieces are landscapes such as Pearblossom Highway #2 others portraits such as Kasmin 1982 and My Mother Bolton Abbey 1982.

He is based in Bridlington East Riding of Yorkshire and Kensington London. David Hockney OM CH RA (born 9 July 1937) is an English painter draughtsman printmaker stage designer and photographer.