Jackson
Pollock is in our opinion America's greatest painter. He acknowledged
that he “changed painting” for all time, and he did it
when we were in junior high. His paintings influenced us and many
others on many levels; they inspired me to become the painter I
was to become. Pollock's work is a lot more than “dribbling
paint” on a canvas. His lyrical drawing, color, and space
make him the prototype for all of Lyrical Abstraction and important
spacial clues pointint toward Abstract Illusionism. The myths
that
have grown from his troubled life distract us from what is really
important about him; that is, his paintings. His draftmanship
is
certainly lyrical, and his depiction of space is illusionistic
on a cosmic scale.
— Ronald
Davis
