In the middle

[ochoin]

(did you perhaps mean to say 'gargoyles' rather than "troglodytes"?).


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“When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’

slainte.

[Essex Boy]

I have long been a fan of Action Expressionalism as created by the sublime Jackson Pollock:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesig ... k-painting

donald

Errrrrm.............I'm not going to comment...........too easy.

Don't tell me you're one of the “I don't know much about art, but I know what I like” crowd?

EH Gombrich (famous art historian) wrote, "There are no bad reasons for liking art," So there!

Most art that gets praised today is forgotten in a few years. But Pollock has stood the test of time. We won't talk about the prices his work realises (very infra. dig. to judge art this way) but the fact he's given wall space in many prestigious art galleries, around the world.

I believe there's only one Pollock in the public domain in OZ - a work called " Blue Poles" which was supposedly painted by Pollock, totally inebriated, dripping paint on the canvas from his vantage point, hanging from the beams of the barn he used as a studio. I don't care. I've seen it several times & it's magnificent.

donald

Save you looking: https://www.artnet.com/artists/jackson- ... SVkqunXSQ2

Siller? The Incomparable Burns used this word so it's practically mainstream.

"The great folk hae siller, and hooses and lands..."

Nope. I was going to say that Mr Pollock clearly influences your painting of toy soldiers.........but then I thought better of it.

[ochoin]

Nope. I was going to say that Mr Pollock clearly influences your painting of toy soldiers.........but then I thought better of it.

I take your criticism seriously. Clearly it's time to take what's left of the collection & sell it on Ebay - or perhaps donate it to the Blind Institute.

I may hazard joining a finger-painting group but I'm not sure I could risk a further scathing indictment of my "work".

[Essex Boy]