Born west of London, England, Mick Jenkins completed a four-year panel beating and paintwork City and Guilds apprenticeship while working at a Jaguar dealership. In 1995, Mick moved to California and opened Mick's Paint, fast becoming one of the nation's leading refinishers, painting three winners of the America's Most Beautiful Roadster Award. He has also painted cars for Billy F Gibbons of ZZ Top and Steve Strope of Pure Vision Design, a collaboration that has garnered numerous Ford and GM design awards from the floor of the SEMA Show to the lawns of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.