After years spent travelling and squatting, Michael ended up homeless in London with a drug habit. "I got into a hostel and eventually got myself clean," he says. "Now I've got a Peabody Flat and things are cool. With my painting my thing is humour. The more ridiculous the better. I loved Monty Python and the whole silliness thing. I think the world is a very silly place and hopefully this comes though in my pictures."