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jackson_pollock (Mar 31, 2008)
My painting does not come from the easel. I prefer to tack the unstretched canvas to the hard wall or the floor. I need the resistance of a hard surface. On the floor I am more at ease. I feel nearer, more part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting. I continue to get further away from the usual painter's 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. When I am in my 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 fear of 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.
7 comments – latest 4:
Kloxboy (Mar 31, 2008)
Claude's just envious.
jackson_pollock (Mar 31, 2008)
Don't be hatin'.
davincipoppalag (Mar 31, 2008)
You suck Jack
jesus (Apr 2, 2008)
April Fools!
drawn in 2 min with Lascaux Sketch Classic