Michael was born in Cheshire in 1957. Already an award winning painter, he studied for two years at the Cheshire School of Art (Northwich) in the early 1970s, continuing his training at the Leeds Polytechnic School of Art, where he gained a BA Honours Degree in Fine Art. Michael undertook postgraduate studies at the University of Wales (Cardiff), resulting in the award of an Art Teacher’s Certificate in 1979.

 

Michael believes that during the painting process, it is vital that the paint be granted some freedom to behave according to its inherent nature. Thus paintings are allowed to develop in an unrestricted and organic manner.