Drowning girl (1968) is a painting by Roy Lichtenstein. It is an oil on canvas as well as synthetic polymer paint on canvas.
The painting is an example of pop art, and is done in a comic book fashion. This is shown by the flat colors, the appearance of an inker and text in a word bubble. I personally would never have known that this was a painting if I didn't read about it. At first glance I thought it was from a comic book. "Downing Girl" has been depicted as a "masterpiece of melodrama", and shows us a woman in peril while refusing to call a man known as "Brad" for help. It's in my opinion that this painting is a playful statement that feminism is on the rise, and that male dominance is going to have its day.
The wave, as stated by Lichtenstein himself, is inspired from "The Great Wave off Kanagawa"
Above is "One (Number 31)"(1950) by Jackson Pollock. It is an abstract expressionist drip oil painting on canvas. The painting shows very solid colors of black brown and white, thrown onto the canvas very sporadically and violently. Pollock originally titled the painting "Number 31" because of his belief that titles dictated how a person views a painting. He later added "One".
This is painted to evoke pure emotion. For me, it depicts rage and freedom.
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