His paintings symbolize nothing - they are pure painting.
His way of painting, Action Painting, was intended to show how the paint had been applied to the canvas - to show the action.
He and his wife are buried in Green River Cemetery in Springs on Long Island, New York, with a large boulder marking his grave and a smaller one marking hers.
jackson pollock is blind which was why his paintings are so abtast pictures
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) used a variety of types of paints. In Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist), and Blue Poles, he used oil, enamel and aluminum paint; these famous artworks are located in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., and the National Gallery of Art of Australia, Canberra, respectively.
In other works, he used one type of paint only. Guardians of the Secret at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, is an oil on canvas, while Autumn Rhythmn (Number 30) - a highlight of the Metropolitan Museum of Art - is an enamel on canvas.
Jackson Pollock's Blue Poles is one of his drip paintings it is essentially not to be representational like looking at a portrait of a man but represent the action of painting, his action painting communicates the process of painting itself, open up to subconscious understanding.