Born on January 28th 1912 in Cody, Wyoming arytist Jackson Pollock studies under Thomas Hart Benton before leaving tarditional painting techniques to explore abstract expressionism via his splatter and action pieces, which involved pouring paint and other media directly onto canvas. He was renowed and critiqued for his conventions. Unfortunately, Pollock died in 1956 due to drink driving which ended in him crashing into a tree.
What attracted me to the artitist Jackson Pollock was how free he was with his paintings and for someone who is rather expressing with their such as myself is a great thing to see. Jacksons mother had artistic ambitions which i can relate to as art has been and is a passion that runs through my family so there is some sorta similarity.
I always have a tendancy to decorate my sketchbooks with nail varnish or paint to give an abstract look hence why i studied this specific artist as several people have said to me that it reminds them of Pollocks work.
Below you can see an inspired Pollock piece. I simply used nail varnish on white canvas and deliberty left a border round the edges of the canvas to give a more clenaer and sharper look. Its one of my favourite pieces as its so simple yet you can see different thing within the piece itself.
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