Yellow Islands by Jackson Pollock

Yellow Islands is a popular painting created by Jackson Pollock in 1952. Jackson Pollock is an American abstract expressionist artist, best known for his use of action painting. Pollock exerted the paint by using a syringe or by pouring it in coats onto a commercial cotton canvas. By pouring the paint in this way, he created numerous rhythmic abstract artworks. This particular technique was used to create Yellow Islands. The color of the commercial cotton canvas used for this painting is beige. The beige color is shown in small areas throughout the painting. My favorite part of this painting is the small areas that are highlighted in yellow. That is where the title, Yellow Islands, comes from. These areas add a sprinkle of color to a dark black and white painting. All of the shapes that are formed are unidentifiable. I chose this painting because it expressed a feeling of melancholy to me. Most of Pollocks paintings are much more colorful, yet this one is far from it.