David Hockney in lockdown: How the artist found his perpetual spring in a horrible year

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.”