A detailed listing of my work gifted in perpetuity is presented at My Creative Estate.
I announce all my new work on my news feed and social networks: Art Lover VIP News
The Rights of Living Things: a declaration that sets out the rights of living things.
Philanthropic Art: why I do what I do.
Public Art World: a place to discover works of art, music, poetry, and photography.
The Craft of Art: my thoughts and ideas about the nature and practice of art...
Be Free of Violence: art and words that urge states and individuals to find their strength.
100 Artworks: an evolving retrospective of my creative work.
Encyclopedia Utopia: a magical, dreamlike presentation of a good world.
Art Lover Radio: a rolling program of music, poetry, prose, and soundscapes.
500 Portraits: a celebration of individuality, difference, and kinship.
2045.ai: a positive vision of the future.
Sky and Cloud: a place to find beauty, and to reflect on our common experience.
My Creative Estate: a catalogue of all my public works in list form.
Think This Today: one thought each day - my ideas, values, and those things I love.
Do Not End: a poem about hostility between individuals, groups, and towards nature.
The Profit of Art: the case for the importance of viewing art as non-commercial.
Active Pacifist: the need for non-violent resolution to conflict and war.
One Family One World: a distillation of my hope and efforts for the future.
Altruism Today: my guiding principle.
With Life, Love: three words that bring purpose to my world, an image, and music.
The World Without Money: the poetic adventures of Adam and Eve.
Personal Safety For Doctors: advice, articles, and best practice.
My First My Last: one word begins and ends my day...
Be Kind Today: a simple message that lays at the heart of happiness.
Make Peace Today: gives voice to those who advocate tolerance and non-violence.
Lunar Mission Gallery: my artwork, commentary about a space mission to the moon.
Abstention Today: democratic countries should formally recognize abstention.
Basingstoke Photos: select photography from the borough Basingstoke and Deane.
AbleStable: over 500 pages of resources & encouragement of creativity (2000 to 20010).
Mike also publishes anonymous and less easily attributable websites. Read more on the page Private and Public Art.
Instrumental Work: over eighty pieces for piano solo, orchestral ensemble, full orchestra, found sounds, and sound synthesis (1975 to Present).
Songs: words and music (1975 to present).
Audiotexs: an audio recording of music, speech, and ambient sounds forming an integrated whole and where all elements are treated musically. I began developing this form for the extended work A Silent Movie.
Our Town: a four movement, seventy minute "Audiotexs" with over a hundred contributors; Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council, The Willis Museum (1997-2000). Full project details and credits can be found on the Our Town web page.
A Silent Movie. A forty five minute audio work for voice and instruments; independent (1986-1988).
Exhibition Piece London Contemporary Dance Theatre (1987).
Works for Six Dancers South Yorkshire Dance; performed at the National Dance Umbrella Festival, London (1985)
Darkness and Light [reflections] Commissioned by Queen Mary's College, a forty minute, three movement dance work for piano and flute. First performed at Central Studio Arts Centre, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK (1981).
Drawing and Painting. Oil, watercolour, pencil, and digital (1984 to present). View at 100 Artworks, Public Art World, Sky and Cloud, 2045 AI, Encyclopedia Utopia, Do Not End, and Lunar Mission Gallery.
Photography. Abstract, Architectural, Landscape, and Urban (1978 to present). View at Public Art World, Sky and Cloud, 100 Artworks.
Working first with traditional film and a darkroom, I was an early adopter of digital darkroom software and digital cameras.
Freelance Photographer (1982-2004).
Publications about Aesthetics, Ethics, Social and Environmental Issues; Poetry; Short Stories; Picture Books; Novellas; and Song Lyrics.
I write about love, beauty, human relationships, the use of power, and living things.
My writing often attempts to convey complex ideas in an accessible manner. I am drawn to poetic expression, but shy away from using academic forms (conventional structures, including a poem's line lengths, line breaks, meter, stanza lengths, and rhyming scheme). I try to use language that is not esoteric, nor requires specialist knowledge or references. Meaning and music are always at the forefront of my writing.
What Do You Love? (2025)
Encyclopedia Utopia: a good world (2024 to present)
The Sun Shines (2019-2023)
The Magical Stream (1991)
The Apple Orchard (1992)
What Do You Love? (2025)
Encyclopedia Utopia: a good world (2024 to present)
The Craft of Art: thoughts and ideas about the nature and practice of art (2024).
Young Before The Dawn: an epic poem at 500 Portraits (2023)
The Sun Shines (2019-2023)
Public Art World: words and poetry (2018 to present).
The Rights of Living Things: aspirations of how to live and act (2015).
With And Alone: collected thoughts available as a free eBook (2015 to present).
100 Artworks: selected poetry (2015 to present).
The Burial of Georgio Sánchez: novella (1996).
An Object of Desire: novella (1998).
With Summer Light: poetry (1990).
A selection of twenty of my song titles from 1975 to 1995.
Dinner Suits and Jackets
Glass Eyes
Grace and Fire
Joni
Life In The City
Listen From The Second Floor
Little Honesty
My Family
November Song
On Sunday Afternoons
On The West Side
Outside In
Passive Persuasion
Pockets of Light
Sense In Action
Talking Free
Turning Home
Two Lives
Wake Up Come Down
Where I Want To Be
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"Wonderfully written and beautifully poetic…" Bloomsbury