Accidentally getting hooked on ceramics while working on an AA at Front Range Community College in the 1990’s led Lisa to travel and study the field, and eventually earn two degrees with a focus in ceramics. First a BFA at the University of Wisconsin where she was able to get to know more about atmospheric kilns, and later a MFA at San Diego State University where she became enamored with including more color and images into her functional work, and exploring sculpture.

In 2010 Lisa returned to her home state of Colorado and moved to the Roaring Fork valley to participate in the artist-in-residence program at the Carbondale Clay Center.  She taught classes at Colorado Mountain College in Aspen for several years, and is still intermittently teaching at the Carbondale Clay Center. Her studio is at S.A.W. (Studio for Arts & Works) in Carbondale where you’ll spot her in when she’s not getting creative with spreadsheets at Osmia – a natural skincare company in Carbondale where she now works weekdays. In her free time you’ll find Lisa cozied up with her cat and a cup of hot tea, or out hiking in the nearby wilderness.