ings ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 9 6 8 , ▁Hot ere ▁began ▁the ▁series ▁of ▁works ▁with ▁which ▁he ▁is ▁perhaps ▁best ▁known , ▁the ▁Black ▁P aint ings . ▁In ▁these ▁works , ▁black ▁is ▁used ▁almost ▁exclus ively . ▁In ▁some ▁works , ▁stri ps ▁of ▁colour ▁are ▁placed ▁against ▁stark ▁black ▁background s ▁in ▁a ▁style ▁rem in is cent ▁of ▁Bar nett ▁New man . ▁In ▁other ▁black ▁paint ings , ▁stark ▁simple ▁cross es ▁appear ▁in ▁the ▁glo om , ▁black ▁on ▁black . ▁Though ▁minimal ist , ▁the ▁works , ▁as ▁with ▁those ▁of ▁most ▁good ▁abstra ction ists , ▁have ▁a ▁red ol ent ▁poetry ▁of ▁their ▁own . ▁The ▁simple ▁mark ings ▁speak ▁of ▁trans c end ence , ▁of ▁religion , ▁or ▁peace . ▁ ▁Black ▁Phoenix ▁The ▁them es ▁of ▁the ▁black ▁paint ings ▁extended ▁to ▁later ▁works , ▁not ably ▁the ▁col oss al ▁Black ▁Phoenix ▁( 1 9 8 4 – 8 8 ), ▁constructed ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁bur nt ▁remains ▁of ▁a ▁fish ing ▁boat . ▁This ▁major ▁installation ▁incorpor ates ▁the ▁pro w ▁of ▁the ▁boat ▁fl ank ed ▁by ▁bur nt ▁pl anks ▁of ▁wood . ▁Other ▁pl anks ▁form ▁a ▁path way ▁leading ▁the ▁pro w . ▁Each ▁pl ank ▁has ▁had ▁a ▁strip ▁laid ▁bare ▁to ▁reve al ▁the ▁natural ▁wood ▁under ne ath ▁beneath . ▁Several ▁of ▁the ▁bo ards ▁are ▁ins cribed ▁with ▁a ▁traditional ▁Ma ori ▁pro verb , ▁Ka ▁h ing a