On a brighter note
Fellow Jafa pal Nancy and I watched the Jackson Pollock movie starring Ed Harris and I thought I would give dripping a try. Hum! What is it people say about it being easy? It isn't a horrible effort, but it doesn't have the lyrical qualities that a Jackson Pollock painting has. Seeing his huge paintings in the real is magnificent. There is just something about them that makes them sing, the layers, the touches of colour, the balance. and the scale of it.
I have added a new art blogger who specializes in abstract expressionism on my side bar: pollocksthebollocks, check out his current painting, it is YUMMY. I really liked "Journey at Sunset" on his gallery page!
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Good job doing the drip painting! You are an inspiration.
Great picture, very pretty.
Thank you
I would like to see the unaltered version if possible - i.e. without the computer alterations!
hey, thanks for dropping by david :)
Ed Harris was amazing Philip, and I just loved watching him paint in the movie. As you can see I posted the unaltered version at the bottom of the post.
Your welcome pollock :) and no it isn't that easy. I had fun with it, but I was too conscious of what I was doing and wasn't able to get the looseness or balance. Doing something like this always reminds me of how challenging abstract is and a continued appreciation for abstract art.
I have seen some J.P.'s in the Boston Museum of Fine Art and they're so much better in person!
Its nice to hear your comments about seeing his work. I've only seen it in magazines. I like your painting.
You can find the link on my blog by clicking on 'interactive Art' in the categories or just go straight to the site here:
www.jacksonpollock.org
I've never tried drip painting. It looks like fun and it's pretty.
Now YOUR attempt on the other hand, shows someone who IS an artist...
Hugs,
Sue
Normal Rockwell, was then a friend and I asked him about changing styles and he recommended I stick with the realism and I did. I might be better off today had I switched then.
LOL
Nice work.
I agree nancy, I always enjoy seeing Ed Harris anyway, he played Pollock brilliantly.
Oh, thanks pollock, I will come and play weeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
I don't understand why Krasner put up with him loretta, he didn't give a rat's behind about her as an artist (well didn't seem to) and was very disrespectful (booze or no booze). Thanks for the blog pressie :)
I think your friend lincoln was wise enough to know that emulating a style might do well in the short run but what happens when that style fades. Rockewell is another artist whose work I appreciated MUCH more when I saw it in the real. His brushwork was just beautiful. He did this one painting of garbage under a bridge next to a river. It was a small painting, but wow, what a fabulous painting.
susie, you make me blush, honestly :) but I am glad you like my humble effort. Yes, I have heard "I could do that" too many times and on a few occasions challenged people to do it (which they never did).
We hear that with digital art now. Being computer savvy and able to use a program is one thing, but it is what an artist PUTS and MANIPULATES in that program that makes the difference.
If this is a first attempt at this then I think you are on the right track. Perhaps you should try a few more - outside in the garden where you can really let rip. Getting the lyrical quality you speak of requires a certain flow of the arm which is difficult to achieve in a studio.