Under the intense,Californiansun,an unseen figure createsa splash in a pool.Hockney ap-plied paint with rollers,using smallbrushes for the splash to suggest itssound exploding in the stillness.In oneof his most consciously planned andevocative images,he contrasts the fleet-ing moment with the skilled technique thatcaptured it.He was persuaded away fromabstract art by fellow-student R B Kitaj, Under the intense, Californiansun, an unseen figure createsa splash in a pool. Hockney ap-plied paint with rollers, using smallbrushes for the splash to suggest itssound exploding in the stillness. One of his most consciously planned andevocative images, he contrasts the fleet- ing moment with the skilled technique thatcaptured it. He was persuaded away fromabstract art by fellow-student RB Kitaj,