A recent exhibition at Fundació Joan Miró (last year actually) showcased a few of my works alongside those of Andy Warhol, Yves Klein, Jean Tinguely and several others who work in a variety of media from the late forties (like me) to the present. This exhibition basically explored the influences and connections that emerged from "action painting", a type of painting that focuses more on the process, the action of painting, rather than the subject itself. The type of painting I was (am) quite well known for.
Well, 'action painting' to me is simply a natural growth out of need, a new way of expressing myself to the world, I don't feel that it's unusual at all as it comes to me very naturally. While painting, I uses a liquid paint so it flows better, with a stick as a tool to carry the paint around the canvas. In this process, the sticks do not touch the surface of the canvas at all, rather, it is just above. I am able to be more free and have a greater freedom to move about the canvas with ease this way.
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