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Michael Porter was born 1948 in Derbyshire, a county renowned for its rugged natural beauty, as a child and youth he made the most of his surroundings, walking the dales and climbing the local grit stone.
At the age of 15 he attended nearby Nottingham college of Art and later Derby College of Art completing both undergraduate and postgraduate studies at Chelsea School of Art, finishing his academic training as Fellow in Fine Art at Gloucestershire College of Art in 1973. From 1974 he worked in the same studio in Hackney, East London until his move to Cornwall in 1997 during this period he lectured in most major Art Schools in London and the provinces as well as several throughout Europe.
Michael's work has been regularly exhibited in museums and contemporary galleries in London , Europe and America and has been the recipient of numerous major awards such as "The National Gallery Artist in residence", "The Lorne Award London University", "The Odin Award RWA" and an Honorary doctorate from Derby University.
For the past 20 years he has worked exclusively from the landscape, always using locations that he has been familiar with over long periods of time as the paintings incorporate both time past and time present.
