Norman Lerner

Yellow Vase, Painting, Oil on Canvas

2020

You have to understand one simple thing. almost everyone has a wife. Even the pathologists, cops and stokers. This sad inevitability led me to one sad thought. I think that every wi...

Reading Oil, Stretched canvas 24"x30" There are times when I am wanting to create a painting that brings me back to my classical training. And I wanted to use colors that form the ...

I have tried to capture the timeless simplicity of the Cycle. Artwork is done by smearing colors on the canvas using a combination of brush and knife to create a deeply textured ro...

From my series 'Nomadic Traces'. In this series I depict a trail of images, which reveal traces of a nomadic experience. This visual exploration is a reflection of my external and...

Thoughtfully combined sections of varying textures and areas of pattern, stripes, circles, dots and undulations are cheerful in bright, exuberant color. Little moments in red, burgun...

Michael Tole is a figurative painter currently living in Tempe, AZ with his wife and daughters. A Texas native, most of his 20 year long career was spent in Dallas. After relocating to Tempe, his work experienced a significant shift from photo-based paintings of retail interiors to fantastical figurative inventions based on pop culture imagery he has encountered via his two daughters’ taste in music videos, and his proximity to Southern California and it’s particular brand of Disney-esque hedonism. Mr. Tole’s career includes shows in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, and Miami. His work has been reviewed in Art Forum International...

Michael Tole is a figurative painter currently living in Tempe, AZ with his wife and daughters. A Texas native, most of his 20 year long career was spent...

Michael Tole is a figurative painter currently living in Tempe, AZ with his wife and daughters. A Texas native, most of his 20 year long career was spent...