exploring Jackson Pollack’s early abstract expressionism work

As with the previous piece (#21 link) I continued exploring Jackson Pollack’s  early work however I chose to add some colour this time, but I now think the blue is a tad to bright still.. This piece dose seam to work quite well despite that.
The Ink and acrylic paints were applied to paper with a wooden coffee stirrer as dips, splashes and marks in a seemingly random manor and allowed to run or flow.

 #22  Ink and acrylic paint on paper 9 x 9 inches approx

What is most suppressing is that to paint in this style of abstract expressionism requires a degree of restraint.  Designed or controlled application of paint is much harder to achieve than one would expect as it is not just a question of splashing or dripping paint to create an effect but rather making a subconscious decision about what you require and allowing the paint to work for you… As you can appreciate this is quite a departure from the traditional painting methods of controlling the Paint to create an effect.  I found this style of abstract expressionist painting very liberating if a little frightening.

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No clear idea, Is that a good thing?

I started this piece without any clear idea of where I wanted to go with it and as a result I soon found that I did not like the direction that it seamed to be heading. I have to ask myself, Is it of any value to have a clearly defined idea before beginning or should I simply guide the process and see what happens, allowing a painting to come about of its own accord ?

Making decisions and trying a novel approach to things is in part what this whole art project is about.  In this case I tried the latter. So I splashed and splattered paint across the painting and added pencil to provide definition.  OK, Its nothing special but is it a complete mess or did I save it ! Let me know what do you think I would be very interested.

#5 Modern splattered painting 

9 x 9 inches approx Acrylic paint and pencil on paper