“Glass is my canvas. Just as every painter carefully chooses a canvas, I select my glass pieces, which incidentally come from all over the world. My favorite subjects tend to be aquatic, but I also carve other wildlife and flowers too.”

Often mistaken for etched glass, the artist stresses that no chemicals are used. The glass is sculptured through a combination of high pressure carving and diamond engraving.

“I got started after seeing a piece of glass art several years ago that so stunned me, I was driven to learn. Through pure stubbornness, I persevered by trial and error until I got it, right. Boy did I ruin a lot of glass in the process, but it was worth it!”

Lise’s work was featured in the University of Alaska Museum’s “Working Inspirations” exhibit in the fall of 1993 and was selected for the national “Glass Act” show at the Galleria Mesa in Arizona in the spring of 1997. She also has an ornament that is part of the national collection in the White House. Her art can currently be seen in several galleries throughout her home state of Alaska.

Lise makes her home in Anchorage with her family. When not carving glass, she is an avid skier, scuba diver, and underwater photographer.