Born in Irvine, Michael graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone Collage of Art in Dundee and as a postgraduate from Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen.
Continuing the tradition of Scotland’s representational painting, his work values a sense of place, history, and Scottish cultural identity. With strong values in draughtsmanship, composition and observation.

His use of blighted and broken images of monuments, buildings and landscapes creates powerful statements that question attitudes to Scottish heritage and culture.