Original oil painting of "Golden Pebble Beach" Hole 9 and 10 at Pebble Beach Golf Club. Michael has specialized in golf course landscape paintings as well as still life, traditional landscapes. Critics believes his golf landscapes are unique in this genre as he is the only artist who paints both "historical" and contemporary golf settings, while seeking deadly accuracy in representing the golf architect's design, and employing broad "poetic license" in portraying mood and feeling through atmospheric effects like, time of day, weather and season. He illustrated two books, "The Art of Golf Design" and "The Golden Age of Golf Design" for golf historian and author, Geoff Shackelford as well as many covers for books, magazines and periodicals.