Born and raised in California, Mike has been a graphic artist for over 25 years with a degree in Advertising and Graphic Design from The Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design. Mike spent most of his career as a paint-box artist and a 3D model builder for a post production facility in Burbank, CA. Clients included Disney, Sega, Kraft, Leonard Nimoy, Jerry Lewis, Syd Mead, HR Giger and more. Later Mike was drafted into the dot-com world as a web designer.

Continuing his career as a freelance graphic artist, Mike focuses his free time and passion for the art through the lens of a camera and the occasional 3D piece. His unique conceptual approach and presentation has won him multiple awards.