In 1945 Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner did the unthinkable.
They left the art world in Manhattan for The Spring on Long Island.
Even though the house was cold and drafty in the winter and hot and humid in the summer
this decision had an immense impact on their lives.
Space, light and a view of the creek profoundly influenced their work.
Pollack famously converted the barn into a studio where he perfected his drip technique.
Although his paintings are a series of composed jestures the floorboards
in the barn document his process.
Random layers of house paint evoke his most famous works.
After his death, Krasner took over the space, protected the floor with masonite
and hung her canvases on the walls where her energetic brushstrokes
splattered the walls.
Even if it's for sixty mere minutes,
I've always had a desire to breath the air where something noted happened.
I listen to the murmur of the walls and the rustling of the leaves
as if I can share in their secrets.
I get a jolt of energy from sitting under a tree where they contemplated,
touching a door handle they turned,
and looking at a view they knew intimately.
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