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 and art history at University of Central Arkansas and will begin at
黑料不打烊 Fall 2025. He has formally taught at Cal State LA, Golden West,
Chaffey, Mt. San Antonio, and Santa Ana Colleges all in Southern California.
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Before a decade of teaching in CA he 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.
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He has a wife, Marian, and three kids Dino (16), Samson (3
yrs.), and Joni (two months).
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听He has worked as a commission portrait painter,
illustrator, and gallery artist in seven states and four countries. He
currently lives in Little Rock, AR.