Chronological summary

Below this tabular overview of Michael's career is a list of his one-man shows.

1952 Born Worthing, Sussex
1969–70 Worthing College of Art
1970–73 Goldsmiths School of Art , BA Hons
1975 Moved to cottage near Haworth, Yorkshire
1978 Moved to Dorset
1974–90 Exhibited variously at Royal Academy, Florence Art Gallery, Royal West of England Academy, F.B.A., Hunting Group, Mall Galleries, Morley Gallery
1981 John Player Award Finalist, National Portrait Gallery, London
1982 John Player Award Finalist (Commended), National Portrait Gallery, London
1983 Winner, National Portrait Gallery John Player Award (now BP Award), National Portrait Gallery, London
1984 Commissioned National Portrait Gallery, London : Julian Bream
Subsequent portrait commissions including at Christchurch Hall Oxford, Robinson College Cambridge, Southampton University, Church House Oxford
1988 Third Prize, Hunting Group Art Prizes, Mall Galleries
1989 Winner of Millfield Open Art Competition
1991 Mixed Summer Exhibition, Beaux Arts, Bath
1992–97 Art Fairs, Business Design Centre, Islington
1996 Commissioned National Portrait Gallery, London : Baroness P D James
1999 P D James portrait loaned to 10 Downing Street
2001 Exhibited Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition, Mall Galleries
Elected member of Royal Society of Portrait Painters
Couple with lamp selected for display in National Portrait Gallery, London
Painted portrait of Sir John Tavener – acquired by National Portrait Gallery, London
2002 Winner of Changing Faces prize at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters exhibition: Sir John Tavener
Winner of Holburne Portrait Prize at the Holburne Museum of Art in Bath: Couple with Lamp
Channel 4 television programme In Your Face on P.D.James portrait
2003 Sarah Muffett, Ordinand unveiled as part of People's Portraits , Girton College , Cambridge
Portrait of Andy Sheppard unveiled at the Holburne Museum of Art , Bath
2005 Winner of the Lark Trust Award at the Royal West of England Academy , Bristol: Portrait with Grave Goods
2006 Art London Art Fair, Chelsea, London
Girl resting on swivel chair purchased for permanent collection of Scheringa Museum voor Realisme, Hoorn, Netherlands
International Fine Art Fair, Palm Beach, Florida, with Waterhouse & Dodd
2007 Portrait of the former Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer commissioned by and for The House of Lords (of the UK parliament), unveiled 9 July
International Fine Art Fair, Palm Beach, Florida, with Waterhouse & Dodd
Art20, Armory, New York, with Waterhouse & Dodd
2008 Portrait with Grave Goods and Model Steam Engine purchased for permanent collection of Scheringa Museum voor Realisme, Hoorn, Netherlands
2011 Miami International Art Fair, Miami Beach, Florida, with Waterhouse & Dodd
Waterhouse and Dodd Group Show, Greene Street Gallery, New York
2012 Drawing Self Portrait (In Memory of my Father) acquired by National Portrait Gallery, London
2014 Boy with Apple (commissioned in 2012) featured in Wes Anderson film, The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015 Self Portrait (In Memory of my Father) shown at Turner Contemporary, Margate
2016 Exhibited Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition, Mall Galleries: Self-portrait 2016

One-man Exhibitions

PhotographA list of the significant one-man shows during Michael's career.

1983 Morley Gallery, London
1983 Quay Art Centre, Isle of Wight
1984 Worthing Museum and Art Gallery
1993 Beaux Arts, London
1997 Beaux Arts, London
2002 Dorset Art Weeks (Recent Work and Heads)
2004 Dorset Art Weeks (New Works)
2006 Waterhouse and Dodd, London
2010 Waterhouse and Dodd, London
2015 Waterhouse and Dodd, London
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