Michael Dillon was born in Co Louth, Ireland in 1957. His interest in painting started in childhood when he drew and painted many of the numerous species of wildfowl to be found on the River Boyne estuary. He subsequently farmed in Ireland, New Zealand, England and France before deciding to start his career as a decorative painter.
Whilst based in Dorset and Ireland, Michael has also travelled widely to undertake commissions in many other parts of Europe, North America, the West Indies and Africa. Most of his work is to be found in private residences but he has worked for the National Trust and a number of country house hotels.
Michael has carried out a wide variety of commissions, both large and small, which include fantasy murals, historical decorations, trompe l'oeil, theatre backdrops, hoardings, the design and decoration of furniture and luxury packaging. He particularly enjoys figurative painting and combining people, animals, landscape and architecture in "Excursions into Fantasy".