Jackson Pollock's Creativity
In the late 1940's with all his success there was also a downside. Pollock was heavily into alcohol. When a magazine suggested that he was "he greatest living painter in America", it only triggered him to drink more. It was believed that drinking had an influence in Pollock's creativity. His paintings began to lack color. They were done on big bolts with duck cloth covers. It was also then that he did scary self portraits which exposed him as tense, confused and in despair. Although Jackson Pollock was not accepted by all right away, he is believed to be one of the most famous American painters of the 20th Century. He set the path for many who have followed him, especially other Abstract Expressionist painters. Pollock's technique was considered