Painter, photographer, conservation picture framer and printmaker, Michael has been making art for most of his adult life and lives with his family live on Jaara Country in Castlemaine Victoria.
Michael has had over 30 solo exhibitions, numerous group shows, been included in the 2019 Castlemaine State Festival with the exhibition āShimmerā, the 2020 contemporary landscape survey show (Con)textural Landscapes at Bendigo Art Gallery with Ben Quilty, Rosalie Gascoigne, Rover Thomas; 2019 Ballarat International Photo Biennale open program and collaborated with renowned Australian author Alex Miller in the international collab project and exhibition Now&Them in Shanghai China.
His recent exhibition, a collaboration with writer Kirsten Krauth and lyrics by Nick Cave, 'Someone To Watch Over Me ā The Better Angels of Our Nature', was part of St Kilda Writerās Week, Ballarat International Photo Biennale and International Poetry Day.
Michael is currently working on an exhibition of portraits āNational Treasuresā for a solo show at Castlemaine Art Museum in December 2023. He has exhibited widely in Australia and internationally and his work is included in public, corporate and private collections.
Collections: Bendigo Art Gallery; Castlemaine Art Museum; La Trobe University; Capital Theatre, Bendigo; Old Fire Station Arts Centre, Bendigo, Bendigo Bank, La Trobe Building Society, Graincorp Australia.