Michael grew to appreciate graffiti on commuter buses and walls of business premises in his neighbourhood. This has laid the groundwork for his approach to figurative compositions before enrolling into Buruburu Institute of Fine Arts in 2009. These skills would later in life secure his jobs as an illustrator in publishing companies and advertising agencies in Nairobi.

In 2013 he founded brush tu art studio, an artist collective in Nairobi, alongside two other artists who he would team up with on various artistic projects including mural painting and mentoring younger artists. This also marked his entry into professional practise which has seen him exhibiting widely locally and abroad.