Abstract Painting - Pollock

I'm finally getting back to my paintings from the abstract painting class I took this fall. Jackson Pollock was the second painter we explored. Here are three links if you want to read about him, view his work, or watch and listen to him.

Pollock created  One: Number 31 in 1950. It's over  8' x 17'. The size and detail cannot be fully appreciated looking at the piece online. Go see it at MOMA, if you can.

I did several paintings using Pollock's techniques. This one is done with house paints on unfinished canvas. The canvas had been folded and it was impossible to remove the creases. I tried getting the creases wet and that helped a bit but in the end I decided to not fight the canvas and  let the folds define "quilt blocks."  As things progressed, I decided to obscure the edges of the blocks. It's 46"x 29.5". I can't decide if it should be a vertical piece or horizontal -- or a floorcloth, which would mean hemming the edges (I think) and adding a layer of varnish.  What do you think?

Frankly, I thought this class would be boring -- just mindless dripping of paint. Instead, I became engrossed in the process. In fact, I ended up doing more drip paintings on the last night of the class.

I used to wonder why Pollock had so many layers of dripping, until I tried his technique. I stopped painting because the class had ended 30 minutes earlier and it was time to go home. Otherwise, I would have continued adding layers. For me, it feels more like a sketch than a finished piece.