Upon graduating from high school, Michael Cangemi successfully worked as a product design artist for a gift import company. Later, taking a position as a draftsman / geotech in the oil industry he continued to do and sell his own paintings and drawings part time and received an honorable mention for a landscape at the National Artists Seminar in Chicago in1984. Recent national juried shows in 2000 include the Visual Arts Alliance 17th annual open exhibit, Houston, Texas and the Bosque Conservatory Arts Council 15th annual exhibition, Clifton, Texas. His versatile artistic background also includes some commercial art, cartooning and children’s illustration.