In 1968 Michael attended the Columbus College of Art and Design and in 1972 received his BFA. Taking his degree, Michael and his Canadian wife went to Vancouver B.C. Canada where he started out on a successful forty plus year international career in advertising design. In 1986 after working as the Sr. Graphic Designer at Expo 86, Michael relocated to Portland, Oregon with his family and in 2002, Michael and his wife Nancy settled in Cannon Beach. As Michael Tieman sees it, “The role of an artist from the dawn of time has been as a visual...more
