"[Jackson] Pollock would often begin with some sort of figurative device to which he would then respond—and eventually bury under layers of paint," says Sue Taylor, an art historian at Portland ...

In the eleven years since he was killed in a car crack-up at the age of 44, Abstract Expressionist Jackson Pollock ... some 1,500% (a major drip painting by Pollock now brings upwards of $100,000).

Vaiciunas and business partner Michael Mauro took this approach last year when launching their first restaurant, the Jackson (named ... looked like an edible Pollock painting.