"I believe my calling as an artist is to find treasure where others see nothing unusual."

Michael Bingham was born in Salt Lake City in 1962 and raised in Idaho.  He graduated from the prestigious Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California in 1988.  Bingham was then recruited by Hallmark Cards Inc. in Kansas City, Missouri and spend 12 years there designing and painting nearly 1000 products; which included greeting cards and gift wrap.  Michael's fine art career began about 10 years ago.