Jackson Pollock

[Music] my home is in springs east hampton long island i was born in cody wyoming 39 years ago in new york i spent two years at the art students league with tom benton he was a strong personality to react against this was in 1929 i don't work from drawings or color sketches my painting is direct i usually paint on the floor i enjoy working on a large canvas i feel more at home more at ease in a big area having the canvas on the floor i feel nearer more of a part of the painting this way i can walk around it work from all four sides and be in the painting similar to the indian sand painters of the west sometimes i use a brush but often prefer using a stick sometimes i pour the paint straight out of the can i like to use a dripping fluid paint i also use sand broken glass pebbles string nails or other foreign matter a method of painting is the natural growth out of a need i want to express my feelings rather than illustrate them technique is just a means of arriving at a statement when i am painting i have a general notion as to what i am about i can control the flow of the pain there is no accident just as there is no beginning and no end sometimes i lose a painting but i have no fear of changes of destroying the image because a painting has a life of its own i try to let it live [Music] yes [Music] [Music] [Music] hey [Music] [Music] um [Music] [Music] [Music] so this is the first time i am using glass as a medium [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] i lost contact with my first painting on class and i started another one [Music] [Music] hey [Music] hey [Music] hmm [Music] um [Music] you

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Length: 9min 30sec (570 seconds)

Published: Mon May 31 2021