Lisa Brzozowski fell in love with ceramics at Skidmore College where she earned a BS in studio art. The marriage between art and utility drew her to pottery. While developing her skills in the functional arts, she apprenticed with some of the best production potters in Massachusetts, Virginia and New York. She has traveled internationally, paying particular attention to pottery in different cultures. She was particularly influenced by her travels in Japan, which she references in her current work of candle lanterns. In 2004 she and her husband started a Pottery and Gallery, Scenic Outlook Studios, Inc. on the Hudson River in Riparius, NY. Along with her own pottery, she sold the work of 35 local and regional artists working in a wide variety of mediums. This allowed her a close and personal experience with other artists’ work as well as a better understanding of how the public views and uses art. The lessons she learned while running the gallery still informs her work. Currently, Lisa has turned from production pottery to making one-of-a-kind artistic expressions. She and her husband Ken live and work in an old warehouse building on the banks of the Hudson River while frequently spending time in Manhattan continuing their interactions with other artists and absorbing some of the great amount of art New York City has to offer.