An Arising  
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Paul Scott Malone
Black
Recent Paintings
in series
Earlier Works
BLACK #7,
Composition 327
OIL ON CANVAS
36 X 36, 2005
$2,300
BLACK #5,
Composition 325
OIL ON CANVAS
42 X 36, 2005
$2,600
BLACK #6,
Composition 326
OIL ON CANVAS
40 X 36, 2005
$2,200
BLACK#3,
Composition 323
OIL ON CANVAS
48 X 36, 2005
$2,500
BLACK #9,
Composition 329
OIL ON CANVAS
36 X 36, 2005
$2,200
BLACK #10,
Composition 305
BLACK #1,
Composition 321
OIL ON CANVAS
48 X 36, 2004
$2,500
OIL ON CANVAS
48 x 36, 2006
$2,500
BLACK #4,
Composition 324
BLACK #8,
Composition 328
BLACK #2,
Composition 322
OIL ON CANVAS
42 X 36, 2005
$2,400
OIL ON CANVAS
36 X 36, 2004
$2,100
OIL ON CANVAS
48 X 36, 2004
$2,600
The "Black" group of paintings resides in that category
of art exhibition in which nothing makes a lot of sense
to the lay person's eye, much less the conscious mind.
The works don't even appear to be black or abstract all
the time, as in the picture just to the left of this bit of
writing, this apparent statement of purpose, or, more
accurate, the lack of purpose. After a glance: Couldn't
that be like a seashell lying on a beach? Couldn't the
brown and white painting at the top simply be a
depiction of some kind of explosion, say in a mine or the
blast resulting from a torpedoed ship? I, the lay painter,
would say after some important thought, "Maybe." After
more thought, "What do you think? ... Take your time."

But the paintings do share something kin to a common
and unifying element among themselves; or perhaps
sometimes it just appears they do. Most of them have at
least one area, one blob, even one thread of paint that
seems to fit into a common shade or tint, usually black,
or at least quite dark, or, most important let's say:
However you want to think of it. The painter, after more
wrenching and important cogitation, steps back,
pronounces it all good and says in profound severity to
a companion, "How's about Black ... as a title, I mean."

There are ten paintings in the series. All are shown here.

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