The same year [2007], he continues, "the RA offered me this whole space, all 10 rooms, for 2011. I took a couple of days to say yes but I said it had to be 2012 - because I needed four springs: first to observe and prepare, then to paint. ..." My source: Wullschlager, J. Blue-sky painting. FTWeekend, Life & Arts, January 14-15, 2012. pp. 1-2. Image (original copyright acknowledged): http://www.theartnewspaper.com/whatson/event/David-Hockney:-a-Bigger-Picture/1120874http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibitions/hockney/press/

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