Jackson Pollocks style included paint splattered, smeared or dripped onto canvases. His paintings included synthetic resin based paints. Actions painting is closely related to the Abstract Expressionism art movement, which took place after World War II. Jackson Pollock did not just use paintbrushes he also used sticks, stiff brushes, trowels, paint cans with holes in the bottom, knives and even turkey basters to achieve certain effects. Pollocks became famous during 1947 and 1950 this was his “drip period,” he even had and article in Life magazine. The press called him “Jack the Dripper.” Instead of using the traditional easel Pollock painted with impulsive brush stroke directly onto the canvas. Pollock wanted to end the search of figurative
