"‘Wheat Field Off Woldgate’ shares an affinity with Van Gogh’s ‘Wheat Field, June 1888’. The point of view of each artist is similar: Vincent walked into the field to paint; Hockney, too, has set up his easel at the edge of the field, immersing us in the grasses and the wheat that stretches off into the distance where electricity pylons march. For Hockney, Van Gogh is simply a great draughtsman, his work manifesting..." https://gerryco23.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/david-hockney-a-bigger-picture/