Jean-Paul Riopelle to abstract expressionism), in which he used myriad tumultuous cubes and triangles of multicolored elements, facetted with a palette knife, spatula, or trowel, on often large canvases to create powerful atmospheres. The presence of long filaments of paint in his painting from 1948 through the early 1950s has often been seen as resulting from a dripping technique like that of Jackson Pollock. Rather, the creation of such effects came from the act of throwing, with a palette knife or brush, large quantities of paint onto the stretched canvas (positioned vertically). Riopelle's voluminous impasto became just as important as color. His
Perry Milou traffic area of the city where people could see him and his work. Milou takes an original approach while drawing influence from masters – pop stylings of Peter Max and Andy Warhol, skills of Edgar Degas and brushstrokes of Vincent Van Gogh. He’s described his art as a "fine-pop” and “in your face with vibrant colors”, and said “my art peters between commercial and fine art.” Others have coined his style as “pop-impressionist“. In the late 2000’s he developed a technique which he called “rain,” dripping oil paint vertically down the canvas, creating the sensation of looking through a rain