Place of Birth:
Detroit, MI

Place of the Heart:
Vermont woods
on a powder day

College:
Syracuse University

Last ski vacation:
Snowbasin Alta
Deer Valley & The Canyons

Favorite book:
West with the Night
by Beryl Markham

Favorite Illustrator:
N.C. Wyeth

Average shaving schedule:
Once a week

Adage to live by:
"It's got to be the going
not the getting there
that's good"
-Harry Chapin

Other Mike Biegel Sites:
HolidayCardsOnline.com
House Portraits.com

From his studio in Sharon, Vermont Mike Biegel creates elaborate pen & ink illustrations for corporate, small business and editorial clients. His technique includes two styles- a fine-line application using a crow-quill pen and a bold-line applied by mechanical pen. Both can be electronically embellished with color. Many are left as black and white pieces to stand on their own. His clients have included The Metropolitan Opera Guild, AT&T, Milton Bradley, Outside, Scholastic, Simon Pearce Glassworks and more...

The Vermont landscape and its change in seasons have been a long time inspiration for the artist. It's worth a visit to his independent e-commerce web site www.vermontholidaycards.com to see the effect. Consumers and businesses alike can purchase holiday cards with pre-printed or custom greetings of the illustrator's work (as well as prints suitable for framing).

Those curious about personal commissions of their home in the artist's crow-quill pen style can view samples by clicking on any link for the house portraits section.

If you have an architectural assignment this page includes reference for stylized alternatives to illustrated homes, buildings and other structures.

In between freelance assignments the artist can be found skiing the woods at Killington Resort, trail running the switchbacks of West Hill in Sharon or endeavoring to maintain his oversized vegetable garden.