Analysis of Winter Timber by David Hockney Winter Timber by David Hockney. Source: womanaroundtown.com Description The painting is by David Hockney, and was painted in 2009. Hockney, now 72 years of age, is considered a master of his own work and a maverick with particular intonations such as “hard to resist” (Dienstag, 2010), being used to describe his works. In addition, he has conducted a thorough research on 15th century artists and their works which saw in 2002, the publication of his maiden book, Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters (Dientsag, 2010).