Jackson Pollock

drip

Liquid falling slowly

• splatterScatter in drops
• pourSend liquid streaming out
• gesturalRelating to body movements

layering · enamel · brushwork · all-over · staining · flinging · pooling · skeins · texture · fluidity

painter

One who applies pigment

• canvasHeavy woven cloth
• studioCreative professional's workspace
• SpringsGeographic name component

MoMA · alcoholism · troubled · mythos

emotion

Complex psychological state

• intensityStrength or force level
• subconsciousBelow conscious awareness
• psycheTotal mental life

anxiety · rawness · existentialism · surrealism · Jung · automatism · unconscious · primal · catharsis · spontaneity

nonrepresentational

Not depicting reality

• nonfigurativeNot depicting reality
• chaosComplete disorder and confusion
• randomnessLack of predictable pattern

rhythm · energy · movement · dynamics · complexity · density · web · tangle · labyrinth · infinity

pioneer

Early explorer or settler

• revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
• groundbreakingIntroducing radical new ideas
• avant-gardeInnovative cultural pioneers

trailblazer · Rothko · Still · Motherwell · legacy · iconic · influential

Lucifer

Rebellious angel of Christian theology

• American ArtAmerican art, Hudson River School, American Renaissance, Ashcan School, Abstract Expressionism
• artistsPablo Picasso, painter, artist, illustrators, Leonardo da Vinci
• Modern Artcubism, Cubism, Fauvism, dadaism, Dadaism
• American ArtistsAndy Warhol, Georgia O'Keeffe, Mark Rothko, Edward Hopper, Roy Lichtenstein
• MoMAMoMA, modern art, contemporary art, sculpture garden, permanent collection
• Abstract Expressionismabstract expressionism, action painting, drip painting, Mark Rothko, color field