Jackson Pollock Tipping

Dating back from the beginning of the fifteenth century, the two-dimensional painting consists of two main elements: Media and Composition (text book). Painting, drawings, prints and/or photography, either of these styles can be a two-dimensional art form (prenhall.com). While these art forms can be created by the use of oils, watercolors, ink and pencils, the elements and principles included in mastering the art includes line, color, balance and form (text book). An artist dedicated to creating two-dimensional artwork uses “deep space”- an illusion to create depth and “linear perspective”- another illusion that makes viewers see that two parallel lines converse together at the distance (text book). While pencil, watercolors and ink are a few of the primary elements to create the art, Jackson Pollock, while creating his final masterpiece, White Light used oil, enamel and aluminum. Traditionally, artist uses paintbrush to create their masterpiece, but, James Pollock, during his creation of White Light, he used wood stick, floor brush and knife as his tools (jacksonpollock.org). When one sees the painting, the first color to get the viewers attention is the use “white” color. This particular color is used on top of other tertiary colors to show its dominance. The three primary colors: pure red, pure yellow and pure blue are used independently, as well as its mixture to create tertiary color such as orange, brown and green. As the background of the painting is black, the vibrant color ‘pops out’ signifying the use of deep space by the artist. Each color used in the painting compliments one another. The intensity of the color is in close proximity of one another and with the help of the primary color, the tertiary color shade blends throughout the painting. The technique used by Pollock for White Light is called Dripping: a style invented by Jackson Pollock himself. …show more content…
Drip painting is a technique “where artist, instead of traditional style of abstract painting, drip or pour the paint directly into the canvas” (khanacademy.org). With the new style of painting, Pollock created a new form of art known as Abstract Expressionism. With the use of dripping technique, the art, although in two-dimensional form, the dried paint gives the viewer a three-dimension perception. The painting consists of a mash up of colors forming different patterns, however; the white line that Pollock has drawn on top of the other colors takes the dominance of the painting. Although there are no direct lines or shapes in the painting, the white color creates an illusion of lines (curvy and straight) that passes throughout the art. As the artist used his own unique technique to create his final masterpiece (before …show more content…
Based on this fact, once can say that Pollock was trying to send a message to his viewers that there is “light at the end of the tunnel”. It also signifies that Pollock was content with his life and after many struggles and hurdle he had overcome he was satisfied with what he had become. The black canvas represents the darker days in life and the vibrant color represents his experience and the white streaks portraying joyous ending of his career. Since there are no particular lines or shapes to focus on, for some the painting might not be appealing. From my perspective, the painting represents different aspects of life, but all in all it is about the beauty of life and it alleviates