Mike’s Updates
Mike’s Update 7- A man from Snowy River
Entry 7 - Sept 14 2026
September 14, 2026
This is me helping Razz take photos
Couple Wednesday’s ago just gone I get to meet Ash’s housemate Razz who come in the Art Studio at Blackburn Neighbourhood House to take photography of get close images of my works, All nice and perforesseional and have a chat with the Artists
I guess the most trickless part was the toliet at horseriding there wasnt enough room for me to get around. I have dressage competition last week, the horse name is Ana it was beautiful. I did win my competition.
I am looking forward to the future is to keep on doing Horseriding and to be entering some horseriding competitions,
Mike’s Update 6- Road to becoming a Scholar
Entry 6 - Sept 7 2026
September 7, 2026
This is what it looks like at the Our Community presentation
On the weekend my lovely girlfriend Caitlin did come over my house for dinner on Saturday night. It’s was lovely to see her we did have good night together, it’s only seemed like to me could like a dream come true.
Last week on Monday when I was doing the Avier School Workshop with Michael Bonyhady and Mel. We were presenting to the Avier boy’s by giving out the Our Community Presentation. So anyway, when it comes my turn to speak I having some kind of difficulty trying to navigating my speech on my communication device Allora 3- but somehow, we did got through it by the end.
In the future I’m hoping to look into even for me is to be having some more School Workshops with Michael Bonyhady in his Our Community Project. Hopefully I will be able to run my Art Activity as well part of talking to the children this does leads me up to do work for the Starlight Foundation of helping out with serious ill kids who are in hospital, to help them get better.
Mike’s Update 5-Photography Geographic with David Attenborough
Entry 5 - August 19 2026
August 19, 2026
These are some of my new sketches for the children’s colouring book, this is the first step in creation
I have organizing to have a photography Workshop Session with my MK Educator Asher, he asked his housemate Razz got to do with Disabilities can photograph and Digitalized my artwork’s really professional. I will have to bring in my artwork’s myself to Blackburn Neighborhood House on Wednesday in Art with Laura then hopefully I will still have my Prints leftover to sell them off at my Opening Night of my Exhibition.
The difficult problem that I dealt with I was giving out some positive feedback on Ben Chew’s book, Ben couldn’t somehow think on what should he put down aspart of his illustrations have putted out there to Ben was he gets some help to write his book when he with Rechelle or Amie next.
In the future that I looking forward to being MK work colleagues with my good friend Michael Bonyhady by taken on with the My Community project by visiting School’s and able to educated the kids on Disabilities, my main role in this I will be in charge of putting together a Colouring In book for the Kids.
Here is Goldilocks and the Bear
Mike’s Update 4- My wonders
Entry 4 - August 10, 2026
August 10, 2026
This is the call for artists submissions from Inclusive Arts Australia
In October Laura and I are planning on going to the Gallery Space to install my exhibition. Amie is going to be helping us out with the Installation of the sculptural pieces. I am going to make an art piece with the old Walker Frame and Wheelchair. That artwork that I will be showing to the viewers is about what it is like living with the Disabilities.
The next fortnight when I’m with Amie, I want to go check out the Australian Catholic University. Laura was explaining the Art exhibition I’m doing the application for,that is with inclusive arts Australia. I am thinking of submitting one of my artworks that I have made already, because I am very busy preparing for my solo show!
On Friday I went out with my friends Ben and Greg and Saini the Taxi Driver invited his old Customers out. We went to Forest Hill Shopping Centre. Which was good night I did enjoy myself I have Meat-lovers Pizza with Garlic Bread it was soooo yummy
Mike’s Update 3- A colourful month
Entry 3 - August 3, 2026
August 3, 2026
I have my teacher Jasmine come to work with me on my Art making things. I am working really hard with Laura in Art, keeping up to date. We have moved lots of artworks from ‘In progress’ to ‘Complete’ this month, including ‘Goldilocks with baby playing piano’ that you can see above.
That artwork is supposed to represent Goldilocks and Three Bears. A girl looks like a Country Girl in a desert and a cat looks like a baby Kitten being rescued from its mother.
Having to lose my funding it have being nerve wracking for me. There is lots of changes happening in the NDIS right now, and for me that means less support to do what I love. Thankfully, I got to keep my Monday support so I can still work on my dreams!
I am looking forward to my exhibition and I’m putting a lot effort into it like putting together artworks into a completion. Expect lots of new artworks posted everywhere in the coming weeks, yay.
Update 2- “My greatest foodie adventures”
Entry 2- June 13, 2026
June 13, 2026
Yesterday for my Melbourne vibe adventures, I was with Amie, James and Daniel. We went to spend some time in box hill to soak up the arts atmosphere, and ended up at the Whitehorse art space.
Askolds Petersons was there giving an artist talk, and I felt very inspired by his paintings for my own work. There was one in particular of his young children that made me happy to look at.
On Tuesday I did have a wonderful time at my cooking class. There was a very special guest from Masterchef, Cat Collins!
We learned from the master how to make delicious spaghetti, and I just had to eat it on the spot. I’ve been spending lots of time learning to cook this year, and I certainly feel like I’m better at it after that class.
Next week, I am very excited to have Constance from Galleria Crocodillo coming to visit me in my artist studio. We have much to discuss about my upcoming exhibition, and I am excited for her to see my art making in person.
I’ll tell you all about it in the next episode of Mike’s updates!
Mike’s first update- “Endeavours with Amie”
Entry 1 - June 6, 2026
June 9, 2026
Welcome to my latest adventure’s on Michael’s divine palette!
On Friday the following just gone I went out with my educator Amie and my friends Clarry & Daniel.
We all went in the city for Rising Festival in ACMI. It’s was a good fun I like it we went inside to take a look at really old records. Everything from the classic’s to 90 – 80’s and then we go in this little music room to have a listen to Miles Miley Jazz Blues it’s was truly eventful day!!
I do have news on my Journey of becoming an Artist.
As you probably would’ve heard this but I’m working towards of having my own solo art exhibition in around about December of this year, I have being working extremely hard and soul of creating these art pieces like Paintings.
With the help of my Art Team in the moment up til now I am expected to do a Sculptural Installation with the broken body parts use them to represent Disability. I do make them out of plaster with the help of amie.
Thank you for reading the first Mike update, keep an eye out for more to come!