Michael was born in 1934 in Ilkeston, and lived in Belper until his National Service with the Royal Air Force in 1955.
His early training began in 1950 with the Derby College of Art and in 1952 he joined Rolls Royce as a technical Artist. During his years with the RAF he was stationed at Shrewsbury where he continued his studies at the local College of Art.
While working for Rolls Royce, he was pursuing his love of painting and he began to plan for a career, which was gradually determined by the acclaim given to his work at various amateur exhibitions and galleries. In 1964 he made the great leap and became a full time professional artist.
His training at Rolls Royce taught him that “only the best will do” and he applies this to his paintings. Thus every picture must satisfy his high standards. His preparation for a painting is intense, but he goes about it with a quiet manner and spends a considerable amount of time studying the subject and “drinking in” the scene. It is often said of an artist that he is in love with his model. Michael’s heart has long been lost to the most alluring of models for he is enduringly in love with our beautiful English landscape.
He has lived in Wales for many years now, but still retains his native Derbyshire accent. Most Artists have their small idiosyncrasy. Terence Cuneo always put a mouse in his paintings. Michael almost always has an old wheel somewhere in the painting.
His works are particularly well known around the West Country.
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