Paul Scott Malone
An Arising
(c) Copyright 1997-2012 Paul Scott Malone All rights reserved
Statement/Bio/Resume
Artist's Statement
Art serves as life's shadow reality, its conscience. Art lurks in alleyways and byways ready always to let us know that the beliefs we consider firm and faithful may
have misplaced their righteous natures somewhere along the way. It reminds us that someone must always be plodding along behind the crowd scanning for that
lonely face of truth, which turns away from the false principles we so often embrace. The artist, therefore, must be a steadfast sojourner, prepared to show us again
and again the proper human path ... or at least something close to it.
A sojourner I was chosen to be. My oil paintings I create to enchant and to please -- first myself, then my viewers -- but never to advance a cause or play at some
superfluous theme. The finest art cares nothing for causes or themes. Art is too important for that. I aim to convey only that which I have witnessed with my mind and
heart to the minds and hearts of those who care to look. I beseech them to reach for whatever of virtuous delight they may find in my paintings, and then delight in it.
These are atmospheric abstract oil paintings that allow for the merging of color and ideas and a multitudinous collection of visions. The shapes and the tints and the
lines and the shades are softer than the ones we usually associate with abstract expressionism, with its harsh direct primary colors and its sharp cutting lines. The
artworks here are quieter, calmer. These paintings address that which resides in the deep unseen nebulous souls of us all. They allow for human warmth and love
and beauty as well as the mean ugly elements of life. But they do not scream at us, they do not yell: injustice, cruelty, heartache, surrender, defeat. All of that is
captured in these paintings but, I must confess, that an occasional pretty sunset somehow slips in too.
Still, if art is anything it is personal, a personal expression of woe or happiness. I work at the painter's trade because it elicits the highest moments of joy and ecstasy
I have ever experienced. To create truly must be kin to touching the fingertip of god. Deep abiding tides of insight and restfulness follow in mystifying sensations.
Nothing even close to this level of satisfaction and enlightenment could possibly exist elsewhere.
The philosopher Albert Guerard once called art "the solemn joy of voyaging through strange sees of thought alone." A sublime idea if ever one existed! And
sometimes, it's like that too.
Art serves as life's shadow reality, its conscience. Art lurks in alleyways and byways ready always to let us know that the beliefs we consider firm and faithful may
have misplaced their righteous natures somewhere along the way. It reminds us that someone must always be plodding along behind the crowd scanning for that
lonely face of truth, which turns away from the false principles we so often embrace. The artist, therefore, must be a steadfast sojourner, prepared to show us again
and again the proper human path ... or at least something close to it.
A sojourner I was chosen to be. My oil paintings I create to enchant and to please -- first myself, then my viewers -- but never to advance a cause or play at some
superfluous theme. The finest art cares nothing for causes or themes. Art is too important for that. I aim to convey only that which I have witnessed with my mind and
heart to the minds and hearts of those who care to look. I beseech them to reach for whatever of virtuous delight they may find in my paintings, and then delight in it.
These are atmospheric abstract oil paintings that allow for the merging of color and ideas and a multitudinous collection of visions. The shapes and the tints and the
lines and the shades are softer than the ones we usually associate with abstract expressionism, with its harsh direct primary colors and its sharp cutting lines. The
artworks here are quieter, calmer. These paintings address that which resides in the deep unseen nebulous souls of us all. They allow for human warmth and love
and beauty as well as the mean ugly elements of life. But they do not scream at us, they do not yell: injustice, cruelty, heartache, surrender, defeat. All of that is
captured in these paintings but, I must confess, that an occasional pretty sunset somehow slips in too.
Still, if art is anything it is personal, a personal expression of woe or happiness. I work at the painter's trade because it elicits the highest moments of joy and ecstasy
I have ever experienced. To create truly must be kin to touching the fingertip of god. Deep abiding tides of insight and restfulness follow in mystifying sensations.
Nothing even close to this level of satisfaction and enlightenment could possibly exist elsewhere.
The philosopher Albert Guerard once called art "the solemn joy of voyaging through strange sees of thought alone." A sublime idea if ever one existed! And
sometimes, it's like that too.
Biography
A southerner by heritage, I was born and reared in Houston, Texas. After a time in the military I attended and graduated from the University of Houston. For five years
thereafter I worked in newspaper journalism before taking an MFA Degree from The University of Arizona in Tucson.
Then began a serious career as a writer of fiction, poetry and criticism, and, with less devotion at that time, the visual arts. During those years I taught writing and
literature on the college and university levels, mostly part time. Meanwhile, I published three books of fiction, a novel and two short story collections and won a
number of prizes, including, n 1990, a Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.
In 1994, however, though I had no idea at the time it would be more than 16 years before I returned to it, I set aside my teaching career. Since then, my time has been
devoted to oil painting and writing, though I do less writing now than I did in the past. Over time, my mind has been drawn more and more toward painting, a calling
that seems the truest to me of all my various interests, the one with which I have always felt the greatest affinity. Oil painting has been my first way of being for 15
years. I now make my home in quiet, remote Glen Rose, TX (USA).
Exhibitions (Selected)
Icosahedron Gallery, "Heat," New York City, July 2010
Icosahedron Gallery, "Disintegration," New York City, June, 2010
Cross Timbers Fine Arts Council"s River North Gallery, "Lace," Stephenville, TX, February 2011
Barnard Art Museum, "Art on the Paluxy," group show, Glen Rose, TX, 2011
Ventana Medical Systems, Tucson, Az, USA, June-August, 2008
Tubac Art Festival, Tubac, A, USA, 2008
Gallery of the Holy Ghost, Tucson, 2007
Bentley's, Tucson, 2002
Nickelodeon Art Gallery, Burbank, CA, 2001
Tucson Pima Arts Council, Tucson, 2001
Pages for All Ages bookstore, Champaign, Il, USA, 2000
Southlynn Studio and Gallery, Champaign, 1999
Border's Bookstore, Champaign, 1999
Artists Against Aids, Champaign, 1998-2000
Parkland College Student Fine Arts Exhibition, Champaign, 1998
State of Illinois Amateur Art Exhibitions (three blue ribbons, one red), 1998
Southlynn Gallery and Studio, Champaign, 1998
Art Galleries & Other Associations (Selected)
Icosahedron Gallery, New York City, 2010
River North Gallery, Stephenville, TX, 2010
Linkedin, 2011
Talent.me, 2011
Referral Key, 2011
Art Review, London, 2009
CultureInside, Luxembourg, 2009
ARTslant, New York, 2009
Artbreak, Pittsburgh Institute of Art, 2009
Au Coeur des Artistes, Paris, 2011
Les Assos-News, Brazil, 2011
Flikr, 2011
Twiiter, 2011
Facebook, 2008
Behance, 2011
BeKnown, 2011
BranchOut, 2011
Jack Art Gallery, Atlanta, 2011
Netlog, Netherlands, 2011
ARTwALL zine, London, 2010
Who's Who in America (now on the Tenth Anniversary List), 1999
Who's Who among Executives and Professionals, 2011
Nominated, Who's Who in the World, 2000
Who's Who in the Midwest, USA, 1998
Contemporary Authors, 1996
El Taller Gallery, Austin, TX, 2000
Artists Space (Irving Sandler Artists File Online), New York, 2009
Central Arts Gallery, Tucson, 2008
Rinconart Gallery, Tubac, AZ, 2008 (now online, 2008)
Gallery of Dreams,St. David, AZ 2007
Art Gallery Worldwide, 2007
galleryNOW, Tampa, FL, 1999
Works of Art in Private Collections
More than thirty works, mostly oils, held in private collections in the United States.
Book Publications
Visual Arts
Artwork and biography, Living Artists of Today. Chicago: Art & Beyond Gallery, Inc. Forthcoming 2012.
Cover art. Kiss (poetry book), Alison Hicks. Philadelphia: PS Books. 2011.
Artwork and biography, Important Artists of the World: Santa Barbara, CA: World Wide Art Books. Forthcoming 2012.
Artworks and biography, Real-Time: London: Artoteque, 2006.
Fiction
Short story,"Prize Rope," reprinted in Naked: Writers Uncover the Way We Live on Earth. New York: Four Walls Eight Windows press. 2004.
This House of Women (novel). Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press. 2001.
Memorial Day and Other Stories. Forth Worth: Texas Christian University Press. 2000..
In an Arid Land: Thirteen Stories of Texas. Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press. 1995.
Other Publications
Ed. A Student's Guide to Freshman Composition. Edina, Minn: Bellwether Press. 1986.
Dozens of short stories, poems, journalism and literary criticism in numerous newspapers, magazines and university journals, 1978--
Grants, Awards, Honors and More Information (Selected)
Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts, USA, 1990-92
Jesse Jones Award for Best Book of Fiction, Texas Institute of Letters, 1996.
The Willa Literary Award for Contemporary Fiction, Women Writing the West, 2002 (the first man to be honored with this prestigious prize)
Named an International Contemporary Master, World Wide Art Books, Santa Barbara, CA: 2011
Nominated, 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 20th Century, Cambridge, England, 2000
Nominated, 2000 Great Writers of the 20th Century, Cambridge, 2000
Featured Poet, American Poetry Monthly,October, 1997
My website's "home page" featured on home page of SmartViper, a web analysis service, May , 2011
Demonstrations of practical aspects of painting, Barnard Mill Art League, Glen Rose, 2011
Citation of Excellence, Real-Time art magazine, published by Artoteque, London, 2006
My painting, "Bipolar #2," selected by Texas Tech University Press for cover of my novel, This House of Women, 2001
One painting donated for charity auction, Oro Valley (AZ) Arts Council, valued $2,250, 2008
Four paintings donated for charity auction, Angel Charity Ball, $6,000 total, Tucson, 2006
Tucson-Pima Art Council's Public Art Roster, 2001
Literary papers donated to the Texas Writers' Collection, Texas State University library, San Marcos, Texas, USA, 2006
First Finalist, Jesse Jones Award for Best Book of Fiction, Texas Institute of Letters, 2001
Invited to be a Featured Author, Texas Book Festival, 2000, 2001, 2002
Committee Judge, Jesse Jones Award for Best Book of Fiction, and the award for best first work, Texas Institute of Letters, 1996-97
In an Arid Land (my first book) received half-page review in The New York Times Book Review, 1995.
Frank O'connor Memorial Award, Descant magazine, 1994
Black Warrior Review Literary Award in Fiction,1992
Second prize, as judged by Raymond Carver, American Fiction short story contest, 1988
Grant, Society of Southwestern Authors, Tucson, USA, 1986
Several scholarships for fiction writing, The University of Arizona, 1985-86
John Huck Memorial Scholarships, UA, 1985-86
First Prize, The Tucson Weekly annual fiction contest, 1985
First place, feature writing, AP Managing Editors of Oklahoma, 1983
First place, interpretive reporting, Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists, 1982
Several awards, Corpus Christi Press Club, 1978-79
Best reporting, Texas Committee on Natural Resources, 1979
Distinguished Journalism Graduate, University of Houston, 1978
Distinguished Graduating Student, University of Houston, 1978
Education
MFA, The University of Arizons, 1986
BA, University of Houston, 1978
Courses in visual art, Parkland College, Champaign, 1997-1999; Pima Community College, Tucson, 2001-2002
Studio Assistant (part time), artist Jenny Southlynn, Campaign, 1997-2000
Current & Previous Employment
Adjunct Professor of literature and writing, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX, 2010 --
Fine arts painter (Atmospheric Expressionism) and literary writer, USA, 1994--present
University / college lecturer and instructor in writing and literature, 1983-1994-
Lliterary critic in fiction, The Dallas Morning News, 1992-1996
Corresponding Editor, Writers' Forum (University of Colorado), 1993-1998
Newspaper journalist, (reporter and editor), 1978-1983
Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal, 1982-1983
A southerner by heritage, I was born and reared in Houston, Texas. After a time in the military I attended and graduated from the University of Houston. For five years
thereafter I worked in newspaper journalism before taking an MFA Degree from The University of Arizona in Tucson.
Then began a serious career as a writer of fiction, poetry and criticism, and, with less devotion at that time, the visual arts. During those years I taught writing and
literature on the college and university levels, mostly part time. Meanwhile, I published three books of fiction, a novel and two short story collections and won a
number of prizes, including, n 1990, a Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.
In 1994, however, though I had no idea at the time it would be more than 16 years before I returned to it, I set aside my teaching career. Since then, my time has been
devoted to oil painting and writing, though I do less writing now than I did in the past. Over time, my mind has been drawn more and more toward painting, a calling
that seems the truest to me of all my various interests, the one with which I have always felt the greatest affinity. Oil painting has been my first way of being for 15
years. I now make my home in quiet, remote Glen Rose, TX (USA).
Exhibitions (Selected)
Icosahedron Gallery, "Heat," New York City, July 2010
Icosahedron Gallery, "Disintegration," New York City, June, 2010
Cross Timbers Fine Arts Council"s River North Gallery, "Lace," Stephenville, TX, February 2011
Barnard Art Museum, "Art on the Paluxy," group show, Glen Rose, TX, 2011
Ventana Medical Systems, Tucson, Az, USA, June-August, 2008
Tubac Art Festival, Tubac, A, USA, 2008
Gallery of the Holy Ghost, Tucson, 2007
Bentley's, Tucson, 2002
Nickelodeon Art Gallery, Burbank, CA, 2001
Tucson Pima Arts Council, Tucson, 2001
Pages for All Ages bookstore, Champaign, Il, USA, 2000
Southlynn Studio and Gallery, Champaign, 1999
Border's Bookstore, Champaign, 1999
Artists Against Aids, Champaign, 1998-2000
Parkland College Student Fine Arts Exhibition, Champaign, 1998
State of Illinois Amateur Art Exhibitions (three blue ribbons, one red), 1998
Southlynn Gallery and Studio, Champaign, 1998
Art Galleries & Other Associations (Selected)
Icosahedron Gallery, New York City, 2010
River North Gallery, Stephenville, TX, 2010
Linkedin, 2011
Talent.me, 2011
Referral Key, 2011
Art Review, London, 2009
CultureInside, Luxembourg, 2009
ARTslant, New York, 2009
Artbreak, Pittsburgh Institute of Art, 2009
Au Coeur des Artistes, Paris, 2011
Les Assos-News, Brazil, 2011
Flikr, 2011
Twiiter, 2011
Facebook, 2008
Behance, 2011
BeKnown, 2011
BranchOut, 2011
Jack Art Gallery, Atlanta, 2011
Netlog, Netherlands, 2011
ARTwALL zine, London, 2010
Who's Who in America (now on the Tenth Anniversary List), 1999
Who's Who among Executives and Professionals, 2011
Nominated, Who's Who in the World, 2000
Who's Who in the Midwest, USA, 1998
Contemporary Authors, 1996
El Taller Gallery, Austin, TX, 2000
Artists Space (Irving Sandler Artists File Online), New York, 2009
Central Arts Gallery, Tucson, 2008
Rinconart Gallery, Tubac, AZ, 2008 (now online, 2008)
Gallery of Dreams,St. David, AZ 2007
Art Gallery Worldwide, 2007
galleryNOW, Tampa, FL, 1999
Works of Art in Private Collections
More than thirty works, mostly oils, held in private collections in the United States.
Book Publications
Visual Arts
Artwork and biography, Living Artists of Today. Chicago: Art & Beyond Gallery, Inc. Forthcoming 2012.
Cover art. Kiss (poetry book), Alison Hicks. Philadelphia: PS Books. 2011.
Artwork and biography, Important Artists of the World: Santa Barbara, CA: World Wide Art Books. Forthcoming 2012.
Artworks and biography, Real-Time: London: Artoteque, 2006.
Fiction
Short story,"Prize Rope," reprinted in Naked: Writers Uncover the Way We Live on Earth. New York: Four Walls Eight Windows press. 2004.
This House of Women (novel). Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press. 2001.
Memorial Day and Other Stories. Forth Worth: Texas Christian University Press. 2000..
In an Arid Land: Thirteen Stories of Texas. Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press. 1995.
Other Publications
Ed. A Student's Guide to Freshman Composition. Edina, Minn: Bellwether Press. 1986.
Dozens of short stories, poems, journalism and literary criticism in numerous newspapers, magazines and university journals, 1978--
Grants, Awards, Honors and More Information (Selected)
Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts, USA, 1990-92
Jesse Jones Award for Best Book of Fiction, Texas Institute of Letters, 1996.
The Willa Literary Award for Contemporary Fiction, Women Writing the West, 2002 (the first man to be honored with this prestigious prize)
Named an International Contemporary Master, World Wide Art Books, Santa Barbara, CA: 2011
Nominated, 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 20th Century, Cambridge, England, 2000
Nominated, 2000 Great Writers of the 20th Century, Cambridge, 2000
Featured Poet, American Poetry Monthly,October, 1997
My website's "home page" featured on home page of SmartViper, a web analysis service, May , 2011
Demonstrations of practical aspects of painting, Barnard Mill Art League, Glen Rose, 2011
Citation of Excellence, Real-Time art magazine, published by Artoteque, London, 2006
My painting, "Bipolar #2," selected by Texas Tech University Press for cover of my novel, This House of Women, 2001
One painting donated for charity auction, Oro Valley (AZ) Arts Council, valued $2,250, 2008
Four paintings donated for charity auction, Angel Charity Ball, $6,000 total, Tucson, 2006
Tucson-Pima Art Council's Public Art Roster, 2001
Literary papers donated to the Texas Writers' Collection, Texas State University library, San Marcos, Texas, USA, 2006
First Finalist, Jesse Jones Award for Best Book of Fiction, Texas Institute of Letters, 2001
Invited to be a Featured Author, Texas Book Festival, 2000, 2001, 2002
Committee Judge, Jesse Jones Award for Best Book of Fiction, and the award for best first work, Texas Institute of Letters, 1996-97
In an Arid Land (my first book) received half-page review in The New York Times Book Review, 1995.
Frank O'connor Memorial Award, Descant magazine, 1994
Black Warrior Review Literary Award in Fiction,1992
Second prize, as judged by Raymond Carver, American Fiction short story contest, 1988
Grant, Society of Southwestern Authors, Tucson, USA, 1986
Several scholarships for fiction writing, The University of Arizona, 1985-86
John Huck Memorial Scholarships, UA, 1985-86
First Prize, The Tucson Weekly annual fiction contest, 1985
First place, feature writing, AP Managing Editors of Oklahoma, 1983
First place, interpretive reporting, Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists, 1982
Several awards, Corpus Christi Press Club, 1978-79
Best reporting, Texas Committee on Natural Resources, 1979
Distinguished Journalism Graduate, University of Houston, 1978
Distinguished Graduating Student, University of Houston, 1978
Education
MFA, The University of Arizons, 1986
BA, University of Houston, 1978
Courses in visual art, Parkland College, Champaign, 1997-1999; Pima Community College, Tucson, 2001-2002
Studio Assistant (part time), artist Jenny Southlynn, Campaign, 1997-2000
Current & Previous Employment
Adjunct Professor of literature and writing, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX, 2010 --
Fine arts painter (Atmospheric Expressionism) and literary writer, USA, 1994--present
University / college lecturer and instructor in writing and literature, 1983-1994-
Lliterary critic in fiction, The Dallas Morning News, 1992-1996
Corresponding Editor, Writers' Forum (University of Colorado), 1993-1998
Newspaper journalist, (reporter and editor), 1978-1983
Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal, 1982-1983