How David Hockney depicted a spring for self-isolationists

Artists have long been fascinated by spring, but their blossoming buds can feel like a sick joke when we’re stuck inside. Thankfully, Hockney’s new iPad paintings look to the true master of the season – Van Gogh David Hockney, who has spent a lifetime looking on the bright side, recommends spring as the cure for our ills. The 82-year-old artist has released his latest iPad paintings – intense observations of daffodils and fruit trees in blossom in Normandy. They are, as t