He also does some work that shows influences perhaps of Kandinsky and Klee. This piece is called "Blue Moby Dick" (1943).
His style here has elements of naive, surrealist and abstract. Here's an untitled Kandinsky from about 1910, for an interesting comparison. But the exploration - or perhaps evolution - of style continues. This untitled piece as well is an interesting one. The palette, the shapes, and movement.
While I'm playing this-looks-like-that, I'll note that that one reminds me of Marcell Duchamp's Sad Young Man on a Train, shown below, on the right:
Pollack gets into a full-on rejection of careful brush strokes on an easel-mounted canvas, and gets into his energetic, full-contact painting method. Canvases on the floor and paint flying, he creates works with depth, and motion and colour that manage to engage and appeal.
The piece above is his "Lucifer" from 1947. Best seen large (click on it for bigger) and in-person, but even at this on-screen version you can see some of the depth and malevolence in the spider-web-like black and the tendrils of plant-like green.
He gradually abandons naming in favour of numbering. An understandable position as he lets the viewer decide what is represented.Here is his Number 5, from 1948. Again, a very small reproduction here. Hopefully it looks pretty good on your screen.
There are a bunch of more pieces I'd love to share here, but doing them justice requires making them rather large, so perhaps I'll not get too carried away.
It's worth searching your favourite image search engine for more pieces, or click a few of the links here for some of my favourites, like his "Convergence" or "Full Fathom Five" or "Shimmering Substance."
A late work, his "Portrait and a Dream" is also notable in that it signals perhaps the beginning of another phase in the artists direction. One that sadly wouldn't have time to develop before his exit.
That late piece "Portrait and a Dream" was finished in - 1953. Here's an (NPR) photo of the artist, and painter Lee Krasner (also an artist), and a guy with a pipe, looking at the finished work.
Also interesting, and tragic, is that Pollack had been exploring sculpture as a medium in the mid 50s as he approached his tragic end. He was only 44 years old when he foolishly lost it all by driving drunk, killing himself and a friend in the process. A mistress survived the one-car accident and (at last notice) was still alive in 2015.
I'll wrap up with perhaps my favourite piece, his "The Deep" from 1953. For me, it's a look through frosted pine trees or perhaps into a deep glacial crevasse.
