Lisa Hunt
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Lisa Hunt is an American watercolor artistArtist
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and writer
Writer
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. Hunt has worked on many tarot decks including Shapeshifter Tarot, Celtic Dragon Tarot, Chesley Award nominated Fantastical Creatures Tarot and the COVR award winning solo project Animals Divine Tarot. Her bestselling tarot deck, Celtic Dragon Tarot, has been translated into many languages around the world. She is also the writer/illustrator of the hardcover art/meditation book Celestial Goddesses, showcasing her interest in goddess mythology. Hunt earned a master’s degree in interdisciplinary studies with an emphasis on Jungian psychology/art and drawing from the Union Institute in 2004.
Hunt worked as an art teacher at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale and as a collectible card game
Collectible card game
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artist and conceptual designer. Hunt now devotes her time to raising her family and working in her studio in south Florida
Florida
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. Hunt is married to art director/designer/photographer Kort Kramer and has two children.
Hunt is a student of Submission Taekwondo
Taekwondo
Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...
at the Boca Academy of Martial Arts and received her Black Belt on December 13, 2008.
Tarot decks by Hunt
- Shapeshifter Tarot, (1998) Llewellyn Publications ISBN 1567183891
- The Celtic Dragon Tarot, (1999) Llewellyn Publications ISBN 1567181821
- Animals Divine Tarot, (2004) Llewellyn Publications ISBN 0738703214
- The Fantastical Creatures Tarot, (2007) U.S. Games Systems ISBN 1572815418
- The Fairy Tale Tarot, (2009) Llewellyn Publications *to be published*
Books by Hunt
- One is a Mouse, (1995) Simon & Schuster ISBN 0027457818
- Celestial Goddesses, (2001) Llewellyn Publications ISBN 0738701181
External links
- The Lisa Hunt Art official web site
- Tarotpedia
- Llewellyn Publications website
- The Wiccan/Pagan Times interview
- The Wiccan/Pagan Times Animals Divine Tarot review
- Pagan Mond interview
- Fantastical Creatures Tarot review by Janet Boyer
- Fantastical Creatures Tarot review on The Tarot Channel
- Animals Divine Tarot review at Aeclectic Tarot