Ulrich Luckhardt

Paul Melia

David Hockney

Macy, Olivia and Jack are three 12-year-old children who embark on the adventure of a lifetime whist staying at Macy's aunt and uncle's home during the school holidays. The appearance of two mysterious figures on the children's first night at the house, and the discovery of a secret entrance to a strange new world, called Tormencer, brings with it the realisation that life as they know it will never be the same again. Having entered Tormencer, the three friends and their mysterious guides first quest is to find a sorcerer known as the Spell Keeper. The Spell Keeper is enlisted to help defeat Kraken and his army of loyal Goblin Soldiers, who have kidnapped the rightful heirs to the Land of Tormencer and their loyal subjects, and stolen two magical pieces, the Book of Spells and Ring of Power. A strange array of unusual creatures, both friendly and hostile, play their part in the many decisions Macy, Olivia and Jack make during their time in Tormencer. Decisions that might not only help them succeed in their quest ... but may also cost them their lives.

Macy Vickers and the Book of Spells

David Hockney is perhaps the most widely celebrated artist of recent decades, producing work in almost every medium - painting, drawing, photography, and printmaking - as well as designing critically acclaimed sets for the stage. David Hockney: A Drawing Retrospective brings together for the first time an exciting selection of Hockney's work on paper and in sketchbooks, presenting many drawings that have never been reproduced before - including several from the artist's personal collection. Spanning his entire career, from 1954 to the present, these images show how drawing lies at the very heart of Hockney's work, a fundamental aspect of his graphic approach to every medium. Among the pieces reproduced here are portraits, landscapes, still lifes, and images of California and the other places Hockney has visited, together with subjects that reveal more personal aspects of the artist's life. Authoritative essays by Ulrich Luckhardt and Paul Melia, curators of the first major retrospective of Hockney's drawings in fifteen years, examine the artist's skills as a draftsman, presenting a chronological view of his evolving style and technique, and placing the drawings in the context of his work as a whole. Biographical notes and a select bibliography are also included, making David Hockney: A Drawing Retrospective an invaluable source of reference as well as a beguiling and dazzling compendium of drawings by one of the most important artists of the twentieth century.

A Drawing Retrospective

Drawing from the artist's personal archive, this is an examination of Hockney's paintings, filled with colour plates.

Arts Council of Great Britain

We Two Boys Together Clinging

Hockney's work is characterized by an underlying seriousness of purpose, as this fresh appraisal of the artist's oeuvre clearly demonstrates.

Paul Melia

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