Product Design
As a contributing product design leader, I advocate for the audience and their goals and look for opportunities in their frustrations. I will always prefer the simple and elegant solutions that satisfy the user, the business, and the creators.
True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.
— Antoine de Saint-Exupery
I am drawn by the austerity of life—struggles of survival and suffering. Without it, beauty is not.
Fall in love with the problem.
Michael studied painting privately under the mentorship of Utah artists Kathy Sutherland and Bill Laursen. In 2005, Michael was awarded regional Sterling Scholar in visual arts, has been a member of the Utah Watercolor Society, and has displayed work at the Springville Art Museum, the University of Utah, Poor Yorick Studios, Patrick Moore Gallery, the Sandy Arts Guild, the historic Lamb's Grill, Atelier AFA, Alpine Art and Frame, Draw Inc. Gallery, and the multiple times at the Urban Arts Gallery.