left: Untitled (four eggs with carriage), 2009, oil on canvas, 60x80"
center: Untitled (dragon chariot), 2009, oil on canvas, 48x96"
right: Untitled (gazebo), 2009, oil on canvas, 48x60"

Surveying a landscape largely unthought of as aesthetic fodder for the painter's eye
Michael Tole's paintings, flawlessly rendered, offer us glimpses into the unintentional relationships
that exist between intentionally placed objects: bauble-lined shelves and displays, sidelong glances
of ceramic mementos and mass produced souvenirs filed in stasis.

AWARDS

2007 Hunting Art Prize recipient, Hunting PLC
2006 Arch and Anne Kimbrough Award recipient, Dallas Museum of Art

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Carter, Steve. "Unrealistically Speaking", Modern Luxury Dallas, pages 58-59, November 2009
Odom, Michael. "Michael Tole at Conduit Gallery", ARTFORUM, page 470, September 2007
Daniel, Michael. Guide Live, Dallas Morning News, Guide page 20, May 25, 2007
Tellez, Leslie. "Five to Watch: Artists on the Verge", Dallas Morning News, May 30, 2007
Anspon, Catherine. "Good Will Hunting" Paper City Magazine, page 6, July 2007
Mitchell, Charles Dee. "Michael Tole at Conduit Gallery", Dallas Morning News, June 2007
Terranova, Charissa. "Paintings by Michael Tole", Dallas Observer, September 30, 2004
"Painting the Town", D Magazine, page 30, September 2002