Is there a certain name for the painting style?

Question: They style where the colors are splattered all over the canvas.

Answer: This painting style is called Action Painting, and is a distinctive variation of abstract expressionist painting which was concerned with self-expression in one form of other. Many abstract expressionists planned their compositions very carefully. Not so with Action Painting, where the paint is dribbled and splashed to achieve a spontaneous effect; and where the canvas is the arena in which the artist acts. The painting itself becomes the record of this event. See the work of Action Painter Jackson Pollock http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/pollock/lavender-mist/ Pollock was the first ``all-over'' painter, pouring paint rather than using brushes and a palette, and abandoning all conventions of a central motif, he danced in semi-ecstasy over canvases spread across the floor. He said: ``The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through.'''

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