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<p>[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 10298326, member: 16283"]Great observation Brad-The pigments very thick, so in-person the circular motif is quite sculptural. </p><p>Thanks for the insight re the 50's-60's frame date too. The letter based telephone prefixes ended (I think) in 1962. Paint cracking & generous use of pigment may (or may not) indicate an era when oil paint was cheaper.</p><p>50's & 60's Pollock wannabees would've known Pollock used house paint & alkyd in his drip paintings-that material might've been cheaper 70 years ago than Windsor Newton or Grumbacher ???</p><p>Pollock's paints-</p><p>[ATTACH=full]516898[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 10298326, member: 16283"]Great observation Brad-The pigments very thick, so in-person the circular motif is quite sculptural. Thanks for the insight re the 50's-60's frame date too. The letter based telephone prefixes ended (I think) in 1962. Paint cracking & generous use of pigment may (or may not) indicate an era when oil paint was cheaper. 50's & 60's Pollock wannabees would've known Pollock used house paint & alkyd in his drip paintings-that material might've been cheaper 70 years ago than Windsor Newton or Grumbacher ??? Pollock's paints- [ATTACH=full]516898[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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