Michael took to ceramics in the late 1950's becoming a ceramic sculptor and teacher in Cornwall, England and Venice, California. In 1972, he moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico and became a documentary filmmaker, producing with his cinema photographer partner, Jack Parsons, the award winning "Rio Grande" and the 'Lifeways' series. "Land and Cattle", an award winning book, also resulted from this partnership. He has contributed drawings, paintings and text to a variety of publications. After moving to the Texas hill country in the early 1980's, he began to paint. Later, he spent a brief period in Mexico and then moved to Port Aransas, Texas. currently, with no fixed abode, he continues to paint and write. His novel, 'Master of the Stars' is in final editing and a short detective story 'Corpus' will be available shortly.