LISA OWEN STUDIED FINE ARTS FROM A YOUNG AGE DUE TO THE ARTS COMMUNITY CREATED AT THE ARIZONA HOME OF GRANDFATHER JOHN HENRY WADDELL.
SHE BEGAN FOCUSING ON PHOTOGRAPHY IN HER EARLY TEENS AND IN THE LATE TEENS SHE APPRENTICED WITH PHOTOGRAPHER MARYANN CHANG IN HONOLULU, HI.
IN HER EARLY 20’S SHE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPRENTICE FOR COLOR, LIGHT AND COMPOSITION WITH GRANDFATHER JOHN HENRY WADDELL, WHO HAD BEEN THE HEAD OF ART-EDUCATION AT THE INSTITUTE OF DESIGN IN ILLINOIS (ALSO KNOWN AS THE NEW BAUHAUS) AND ART-THEORY WITH FREDERICK SOMMERS.
LISA MOVED TO FLORENCE AFTER THIS, WHERE SHE HAD AN APPRENTICSHIP IN ARCHITECTURE WITH PATRIZIA PETROGRANDE, DESIGN WITH SIMONETTA DONI AND PHOTOGRAPHY WITH ROBERTO QUALI.
SHE GRADUATED WITH A BACHELOR OF ARTS FROM THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE.