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Study of the Triumph of Venus and Galatea over Moby Dick Painting
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Painting, Oil on Wood
Size: 44 W x 30 H x 1.5 D in
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I created this as a study for my larger painting, The Triumph of Venus and Galatea over Moby Dick, while I was listening to Moby Dick on audiobook. I've always loved the first paragraph of Moby Dick and committed to memory: "Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off- then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can" (Melville, chapter 1). The ever evasive Moby Dick held a sort of fascination in my mind. This painting started with a question: "Who can finish what Ahab couldn't?" Finishing what Ahab couldn't, Venus and Galatea are depicted here slaying the whale while Ahab looks on the epic struggle. The immediacy of the brushstrokes show the creational energy as the composition takes shape. Ultimately, this study was used to create the final painting, "The Triumph of Venus and Galatea over Moby Dick."
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Painting:Oil on Wood
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:44 W x 30 H x 1.5 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
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WORKS AVAILABLE: Jonathan Ferrara Gallery BORN: 1979, Dallas, TX AWARDS: 2021 No Dead Artists, Winner, New Orleans, LA 2021 California Open, Second Place, Los Angeles, CA 2010 and 2008 London International Creative Competition; Shortlist; London, UK 2007 Hunting Art Prize, $50,000 Cash Award, Hunting Ltd. Houston, TX 2006 Kimbrough Grant, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: Correra, Caitlyn, Michael Tole, I Like Your Work Podcast, August 18, 2021 Smith, Andy. Michael Tole Re-imagines Mythology and Paintings, hifructose.com, January 16, 2018 Granberry, Michael. Art Notes, page 4E, Sunday, March 27, 2011 Artists and Galleries. Galveston Monthly, January 2011 Wiley, Rachel. Glaveston Arts Center in Exile 2, page 19, November 2010 London International Creative Competition Annual Catalogue, January 2010 Carter, Steve. "Unrealistically Speaking", Modern Luxury Dallas, pages 58-59, November 2009 Baker, Kenneth. "Photo-realism at Caine Schulte", San Francisco Chronicle, page E2, January 2009 London International Creative Competition Annual Catalogue, January 2008 Odom, Michael. "Michael Tole at Conduit Gallery", ARTFORUM, page 476, September 2007 Daniel, Michael. Guide Live, Dallas Morning News, Guide page 20, May 25, 2007 Gaile, Robinson. "THE CREATIVE LIFE" Fort Worth Star Telegram, May 13, 2007 Michael, Granberry. "Irving painter wins $50,000 prize" Guide Live, Dallas Morning News, page 2, May 2, 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 Patricia, Johnson. "Irving artist wins prestigious award" Houston Chronicle, April 30, 2007 Terranova, Charissa. "Paintings by Michael Tole", Dallas Observer, September 30, 2004 "Painting the Town", D Magazine, page 30, September 2002
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