The Vision of Jackson Pollock

[@glenncbjones]

I too love the art of Jackson Pollock, and your brief post quite captures his expressive power! I realize that a lot of people don’t “get it,” they thinking that he was essentially a daft and cynical salesman of “artistic snake oil,” but their loss is gain for those who can appreciate his next level magic! Indeed, in my opinion, it was actually Pablo Picasso selling the “snake oil,” with apologies to “Guernica,” but even here, I think it was the emotional content of the historical EVENT, more than the artist’s throw away, and rather quite cartoonish, artistic characterizations, that amplified the overall enthusiasm (though it did, perhaps, give us the wonderful, TRUE “cartoon” art of Richard Guindon, so there’s THAT!)… A small quibble: I have always heard the artist’s name pronounced like “pa-luck,” not like the derisive American name for immigrant Poles (i.e., “Pollock jokes”), and, indeed, the double “l,” in BOTH cases, should render the “O” to shift from “O” to an “Ah” sound (and SIRI agrees with me!)… Other than that, Mr. Williamson, do keep up the very excellent and quite genuinely evocative work! Best regards, Glenn PS: I once owned an old multi-colored paint spattered hammer that I called “Jackson Wallop”… I really miss that hammer!

[@mckay_williamson]

Thank you, sir, for the thoughtful contribution. And the tip on pronunciation (I didn’t know, but always happy to learn!). 😊