Like many kids raised in Hollywood’s backyard, Mike was hypnotized with the creation of images. Watching favorite movies like Punch Drunk Love, Miami Vice & Tropical Maladies sharpened Mike's stunning, waking dream like aesthetic.

Mike sets his scenes with natural & artificial light, heightening the color and transporting us to magical, unearthly places. His surroundings feel serene, deja vu familiar, supernatural. The liquidity of the light lends an extravagance to a normally ordinary suburban landscape.