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  • jeffrey collins
    Not cool enough
    • Jun 2004
    • 7427

    Happy Birthday Jack!!!



    Paul Jackson Pollock (January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956) was an influential American painter and a major force in the abstract expressionist movement. He was married to Lee Krasner.











    Happy birthday bro.

    Jeffrey
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  • DIDI
    Aussie Pest
    • Nov 2004
    • 16845

    #2
    Re: Happy Birthday Jack!!!

    Hooray for Blue Poles!!
    Originally posted by TheVrk
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    • toasty
      Sir Toastiness
      • Jun 2004
      • 6585

      #3
      Re: Happy Birthday Jack!!!

      Just saw a Pollock exhibit that was in town a couple of weeks back. It's amazing to me that for something so seemingly random, there is clearly a difference between what he does and someone else just throwing paint on a canvas. There are plenty of artists that have used this technique over the years, but a Pollack is unmistakable.

      Part of it, I think, has to do with the color palettes he used, but there's something else to it as well. Can't put my finger on it.

      Who knows? Who cares?!? I know I like it!

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      • jeffrey collins
        Not cool enough
        • Jun 2004
        • 7427

        #4
        Re: Happy Birthday Jack!!!

        most people don't realize the work that he put into these paintings. You put down one color and sometimes it can take days before you are ready to put the 2nd color down. It's a lot of mental struggle to get it right. And most people when they try to copy a Pollock, they don't do that.
        Jeffrey Collins: Painter
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        • Huggie Smiles
          Anyone have Styx livesets?
          • Jun 2004
          • 11836

          #5
          Re: Happy Birthday Jack!!!

          He was the one flying about in Big Lebowski right ???
          ....Freak in the morning, Freak in the evening, aint no other Freak like me thats breathing....




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          • akash
            Fresh Peossy
            • Jan 2009
            • 4

            #6
            Re: Happy Birthday Jack!!!

            couple of weeks back. It's amazing to me that for something so seemingly random, there is clearly a difference between what he does and someone else just throwing paint on a canvas. There are plenty of artists that have used this technique over the year

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            • toasty
              Sir Toastiness
              • Jun 2004
              • 6585

              #7
              Re: Happy Birthday Jack!!!

              ^^reading your post, I'm left with an odd sense of deja vu...

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              • jeffrey collins
                Not cool enough
                • Jun 2004
                • 7427

                #8
                Re: Happy Birthday Jack!!!

                And today is Barnett Newman's Birthday today. Another breakthrough American Painter. And one of my favs.









                Jeffrey Collins: Painter
                My Painting Blog

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                • Huggie Smiles
                  Anyone have Styx livesets?
                  • Jun 2004
                  • 11836

                  #9
                  Re: Happy Birthday Jack!!!

                  i just found this:



                  click the mouse and start your own Pollock painting!

                  cool.
                  ....Freak in the morning, Freak in the evening, aint no other Freak like me thats breathing....




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