Michael Lierly is an oil painter and college art instructor. He teaches drawing, painting, design, color theory, and other 2D and 3D studio art classes at Golden West, Chaffey, Mt. San Antonio, and Santa Ana Colleges all in Southern California. He has formerly taught drawing, painting, design, and color Theory at Herron School of Art in Indianapolis, the University of Arkansas, Indiana University in Bloomington, and in Florence Italy with the I.U. Study Abroad Program. He received his BFA in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts in New York City and His MFA in Painting from Indiana University in Bloomington IN.
He has worked as a commission portrait painter, illustrator, and gallery artist in seven states and four countries. He currently lives in Brea, CA near Los Angeles.