Our Little Jackson Pollock

As I was leaving for work this morning, Darius was playing with these aqua doodle mats you can draw on with a water filled pen. I was very happy to see him content and occupying himself, he even filled the pen with water without too much assistance from either of us. He's seems to be taking an interest in creating things lately like art. The art teacher at school told us she has seen an increased interest in him lately, he even asked for more paper to do another picture recently.

My partner Brian takes him to school and then goes to work a little while after I leave in the mornings. They usually have some play time in the morning which lead to this fine creation today. Darius seems to have decided that it looked cool to just drop or splatter the water down onto the mat. The result is above.

Photo by Allie_Caulfield

It looks just like the abstract expressionism of Jackson Pollock to us. Maybe we should get some canvases and paints, stick him down in the basement (or outside) and let him create. Could he be the next great American painter?

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