@marktracyart - Everybody can indeed do a 'Pollock-like' painting, if that's how they choose to work. The important point is that they believe in what they are doing and express their own thoughts and feelings in the process. It's not then about 'copying', but choosing abstract expressionism as their preferred method of painting. Pollock devised a certain unique methodology as his work developed but might never have done any 'drip painting' at all had he been more technically adept.
@ptlofts although it may be true that "everyone of us can do a pollock painting", (but try it and see that is difficult) what was important to have the idea of this kind of painting first of all.. watch a painting of roberto crippa or lucio fontana or paul klee.
"Everyone of us can do a Pollack like painting", should be stated, " everyone of us can copy a simulated Pollack like painting." It is amazing how artists think they could of painted like this before Pollack's vision for his work was stamped into art.
@ptlofts go ahead and try to make it look as good as him. its a lot harder than it seems. the layering and how he lets it drip is hard to understand. but go ahead uneducated people, keep thinking Pollock is just trash and easy when most people barely have any artistic skills.
