Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock
Paul Jackson Pollock, known professionally as Jackson Pollock, was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. He was well known for his unique style of drip painting...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth28 January 1912
CityCody, WY
CountryUnited States of America
american-artist life painting
The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through.
aware contact destroying easy fears life lose otherwise painting period pure result sort
When I am in a painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It is only after a sort of 'get acquainted' period that I see what I have been about. I have no fears about making changes, destroying the image, etc, because the painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through. It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give and take, and the painting comes out well.
broken continue fluid foreign further glass heavy knives matter painters prefer tools usual
I continue to get further away from the usual painters tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc. I prefer sticks, trowels, knives and dripping fluid paint or a heavy impasto with sand, broken glass or other foreign matter added.
kind painting realism
He drove his kind of realism at me so hard I bounced right into nonobjective painting.
painting states
Painting is a state of being.
artist painting interest
My paintings do not have a center, but depend on the same amount of interest throughout.
artist paint
I don't paint nature. I am nature.
painting canvas
I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.
artist littles painting
I'm very representational some of the time, and a little all of the time. But when you're painting out of your unconscious, figures are bound to emerge.
fall painting wells
Bums are the well-to-do of this day. They didn't have as far to fall.
no-fear painting making-changes
When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own.
flow paint i-can
I can control the flow of paint: there is no accident.
flow painting notion
When I am painting I have a general notion as to what I am about. I can control the flow of paint: there is no accident.
paint
I do not paint nature. I am nature.