Mikel has earned the Copley Master distinction from the Copley Society. He has been awarded the rare John Singleton Copley Award, The Bryan Family Award in landscape, 2nd and 3rd place in the National American Artist/Shiva Casein Competition, Exhibited in the Copley Society, the Harvard Club, the Boston Guild and the Salmagundi Club in NY. Articles on this work have been published in numerous magazines and the upcoming  book AcrylicWorks 4. His work can be found in numerous collections world wide.