Jackson Pollock Jackson Pollock Paul Jackson Pollock (; January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956) was an American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. He was well known for his unique style of drip painting. During his lifetime, Pollock enjoyed considerable fame and notoriety; he was a major artist of his generation. Regarded as reclusive, he had a volatile personality, and struggled with alcoholism for most of his life. In 1945, he married the artist Lee Krasner, who became an important influence on his career and on his legacy. Pollock died at the age of 44 in an
James Cochran (artist) or urban landscapes painted entirely from blobs of spray paint. This technique developed into what he called the 'drip paintings' and the 'scribble paintings', composed of layers of coloured drips or energetic lines to form cityscapes and portraits. Cochran has been based in London since 2012. James Cochran (artist) James Cochran (born 4 June 1973), also known as Jimmy C, is an English-born Australian artist best known for his urban narrative paintings and for his drip painting style. In the late 1980s Cochran contributed to the development of the graffiti scene in Adelaide and went on to coordinate a number