Liesel Lund is a full time artist who loves to teach and share her passion for art and the creative process. These days you can find her in her Seattle studio, spoiling her kitties and drinking large cups of tea while she works with watercolor, pastels, acrylics, oils, jewelry, art journals, tin and textiles. She is a featured artist in Creative Wildfire by LK Ludwig, Cloth, Paper, Scissors-Studios Spring 2010, and Drawing Lab for Mixed Media Artists by Carla Sonheim. Liesel has been creating and selling jewelry in since 2003. Her jewelry is carried by the Mike Carroll Gallery in Lanai, HI.

A third generation artist, Liesel follows in the creative footsteps of her grandmother, a ceramic bead and fiber artist, and her mother, a traditional quilter and author. She studied drawing, painting and scientific illustration at The Evergreen State College, The University of Washington, The School of Visual Concepts and Gage Academy of Art.

Over the years she has worn many creative hats in her career. As a Peace Corps Volunteer in Thailand she created a nature education center at a Doi Luang National Park. Later she designed graphics for Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo's Butterflies and Blooms exhibit, children’s books for McGraw-Hill, and tropically-inspired textiles for Tommy Bahama.

She teaches adult art classes at her Phinney Ridge studio in Seattle and has taught at Daniel Smith Art Store in Bellevue and Seattle, and Oil and Water Arts on Bainbridge and at large art retreats including Artfest and Journalfest.

"I believe that we are all artists and that making art adds an invaluable richness to our lives. I love sharing my passion for art with people and giving them the knowledge, techniques, and encouragement to express their own unique creative style. Being creative is a joyous counterbalance to life's stresses. Give yourself the freedom to create, play, and fall in love with the colors, textures and images that you enjoy. What greater gift for yourself than to do something that makes you happy?"
Liesel