“My painting does not come from the easel.”
– Jackson Pollock, 1912 – 1956, American, painter, abstract expressionist
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Pollock was introduced to the use of liquid paint in 1936 at an experimental workshop in New York City by the Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros. He later used paint pouring as one of several techniques on canvases of the early 1940s, such as Male and Female and Composition with Pouring I. After his move to Springs, he began painting with his canvases laid out on the studio floor, and he developed what was later called his “drip” technique.
He started using synthetic resin-based paints called alkyd enamels, which, at that time, was a novel medium. Pollock described this use of household paints, instead of artist’s paints, as “a natural growth out of a need”. He used hardened brushes, sticks, and even basting syringes as paint applicators. Pollock’s technique of pouring and dripping paint is thought to be one of the origins of the term action painting. With this technique, Pollock was able to achieve a more immediate means of creating art, the paint now literally flowing from his chosen tool onto the canvas. By defying the convention of painting on an upright surface, he added a new dimension by being able to view and apply paint to his canvases from all directions.
Reblogged this on Patsy's Creative Corner and commented:
I have always thought Jackson Pollock to be an interesting artist. 🙂
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Thanks for the reblog Patsy!
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You’re welcome, Douglas! 🙂
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Reblogged this on Martha Keim-St. Louis' blog and commented:
Neither do mine, not my writing. good
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Thank you Martha!
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interesting art…stepping away from the conventions…
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For some reason that seems to always get my interest! 🙂
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Many of the advances in art came from flouting the conventions…Vermeer, Rembrandt, the Impressionists, Picasso…were all breaking new ground…
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