Due to copyright reasons a decent reproduction of Jackson Pollock's Number One (1950) is not available, and I took this while doing an article on the Los Angeles Museum of Modern Art. It is quite large; about six feet by four, and when it first appeared it caused a great deal of confusion and in fact anger. "Jack the Dripper" as he was called was a man fraught with demons - drink being the worst of them. However his paintings are quite unique as he was one of the first "action" painters. He used to lay the canvasses on the floor and then drip the paint on them in ever increasing strokes. Initially it all looks like a mess, but if you look at the paintings long enough they will speak to you as they are a wonderful collection of energy and color.
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