Michael has competed in several street painting festivals including:

• East Greenwich, RI (1st Place Adult Division 2003 and 2004)
• Providence, RI (2nd Place 2003; 1st Place and People’s Choice Award 2004, 2nd Place People’s Choice 2005)
• Cambridge, MA (2nd Place 2004; 2nd Place 2005; 1st Place 2006, 2nd Place 2007)
• Syracuse, NY (2nd Place 2004, People's Choice Award 2005, People's Choice Award 2006)

The street painting Michael is most proud of is his composition entitled “Remembering Heroes”.  It was a tribute to the fallen firefighters of the September 11th tragedy, created on the 3rd anniversary of that day.  Of the over 200 artist entries, he received a Judges’ 1st Place Award, as well as a 1st Place People’s Choice Award.  The People’s Choice Award is determined by popular vote of the viewing public.  By request, Michael recently recreated this street painting on canvas and has made this work available in prints.  A portion of the sale of each “Remembering Heroes” print will be donated to the Uniformed Firefighter’s Association Widows’ and Children’s Fund.

Most recently, his painting entitled “Patriot Threads” won him the 1st Place People’s Choice Award in the 2005 RI State Employees’ Art Show.