Michael John Biddle is a printmaker in the mold of the great European engravers. He is concerned with complicated figurative compositions built up through engraved or etched lines.  His works are meticulously detailed but stark in their imagery, just as can be seen, for example, in the sixteenth century work of Marcantonio Raimondi.  His prints reflect not only his interest in the tradition of engraving but also his concern with the continuing ills and problems of present-day society.