{"id":98758,"date":"2018-06-25T22:20:04","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T05:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=98758"},"modified":"2018-06-26T01:39:21","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T08:39:21","slug":"8-lesssons-jackson-pollock-can-teach-you-about-art-painting-and-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/25\/8-lesssons-jackson-pollock-can-teach-you-about-art-painting-and-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Lesssons Jackson Pollock Can Teach You About Art, Painting, and Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jackson Pollock has taught me: art is a form of self discovery, a way of self expression, and the more we create with our own inner energy and force, the better!<\/p>\n

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Paint or make artwork for self discovery and self expression<\/h2>\n

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\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.” – Jackson Pollock\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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As a photographer, also make photos to discover who you are.<\/p>\n

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Ask yourself,<\/p>\n

\n Do I see myself in my own photos or artwork?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t allow your artwork to have a beginning or end<\/h2>\n

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\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Abstract painting is abstract. It confronts you. There was a reviewer a while back who wrote that my pictures didn’t have any beginning or any end. He didn’t mean it as a compliment, but it was.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d – Jackson Pollock\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Art shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be super clear or easily understandable by others. Realize that you as a photographer and artist, you will always also be in a state of flux<\/a> and evolution.<\/p>\n

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Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be afraid of changing your artwork<\/h2>\n
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\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d – Jackson Pollock\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Change is good. Allow yourself and your artwork to change! Destroy it, bend it, burn it, change it. Treat your artwork as having its life of its own; it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s always changing and evolving.<\/p>\n

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What statement are you trying to say through your art?<\/h2>\n
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\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It doesn’t make much difference how the paint is put on as long as something has been said. Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement. \u00e2\u20ac\u009d- Jackson Pollock\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How you make art doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t matter. What matters more: what are you trying to say through your artwork?<\/p>\n

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Express with your feelings<\/h2>\n

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\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The modern artist is working with space and time, and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d – Jackson Pollock\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t worry about how your photos or art looks; worry how it feels!<\/p>\n

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Show energy, motion, and your inner forces through your artwork<\/h2>\n

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\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The modern artist… is working and expressing an inner world – in other words – expressing the energy, the motion, and other inner forces.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d – Jackson Pollock\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Get lost in the creative zone when you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re creating!<\/h2>\n

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\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153When I am in my painting, I’m not aware of what I’m doing.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d – Jackson Pollock\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The artist is a builder!<\/h2>\n

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\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153When I say artist I mean the man who is building things – creating molding the earth – whether it be the plains of the west – or the iron ore of Penn. It’s all a big game of construction – some with a brush – some with a shovel – some choose a pen.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d – Jackson Pollock\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As an artist, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a creator and builder! Make stuff you wish to see in the real world!<\/p>\n

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Composition<\/h2>\n

Yes if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re curious, Pollock did know how to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153really\u00e2\u20ac\u009d paint, but he chose his \u00e2\u20ac\u0153dripping\u00e2\u20ac\u009d technique as a form of self expression.<\/p>\n

If you see more of his work at MOMA<\/a>, his compositions are on point. Balanced, dynamic, and full of life and energy.<\/p>\n

As photographers, we can learn from his compositions. Also, we can remind ourselves to keep putting more energy, vivacity, and life into our works!<\/p>\n

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More of my favorite works by Pollock:<\/p>\n

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Learn more about Pollock ><\/a><\/p>\n

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Masters of Art<\/h1>\n

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