Born in 1979 to an artist mother and musician father, Michael Siegel developed a love for the arts at a very young age. After studying figure drawing, animation, and illustration during his high school years, Michael began studying painting under the private tutelage of David Leffel in his early 20′s. Mr. Siegel now teaches workshops in portraiture and still life, and his works have been featured numerous times in Southwest art magazine. Michael currently resides in Los Angeles.