David Hockney's Dog Days
David Hockney's Dog Daysis the slightest of books, but  that may be just fine for dachshund lovers, who will be its best  audience. Hockney's drawings and paintings of his two dogs are full of  tender love. They are "not very good models," he says.  "One knock on the door is enough to make them leap up." So he  paints them snoozing, mostly horizontal (as dachshunds usually are),  and mostly on yellow and blue backgrounds, which can be monotonous.  These are not the dachshunds ofPierre  Bonnard, who made strange black holes in otherwise glorious  canvasses. No matter: Hockney offers "no apologies." Speaking  as a dog lover, he explains, "These two little creatures are my  friends."