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"Paintings are mute. They are made with the basic materials of liquid paint applied to a surface, a surface which is only skin deep. If one thinks about it, nothing could look less like a bowl of apples than blobs of paint applied to a canvas. Meaning, when it does reside in a painting, does not sit on the surface but under the skin. The challenge for the painter is not to declare overt meaning on the surface, television is much better in doing this, but to bury it deep within the painting. A good painting releases any meaning it may hold only slowly and reluctantly, wanting first and …