Lisa M. Barnes was a partner in Richard Thomas Galleries, San Francisco, Laguna Beach, Carmel, CA, and Park City, UT. She is a current owner of Thomas Charles Editions of Anthem, AZ. Lisa is the founder of a respected International Art consultancy and Appraisal firm which has appraised and curated art collections for numerous and diverse corporate and private collectors, hotels, and government institutions in the U.S. and abroad. Several of these collections included site specific works of art. Lisa is a member of the American Appraisers Association, and The New England Appraisers Association, Arizona Claims Association and the Forensic Expert Witness Association. She has studied at Harvard University and Oxford University, The Louvre and Jeu de Paume in Paris, and the British Institute in Florence, Italy. She has diplomas from Sotheby's, Christie's, and the New Academy of Art, all in London. She has also attended numerous continuing education courses at New York University's School of Appraisal Studies and the Smithsonian Institute completing ASA Principles of Valuation course & USPAP. Ms. Barnes studied specialized subjects in Contemporary art and Photography as well as Neo-Classicism through Post-Impressionism, 17th, 18th,19th, and 20th Century prints and drawings, Renaissance paintings, and sculpture. While associated with the Richard Gray Gallery in Chicago, Ms. Barnes was a consultant to the Ohio State University, Wexner Center for the Arts. Professional memberships include the National Association of Corporate Art Management, Association of Corporate Art Curators. Art collections founded by Lisa M. (Allen) Barnes can be found with six citations in The International Directory of Corporate Collection, 1900-1992, published by ART News Revised 2004. Recently accepted by the Forensic Expert Witness Association in Orange County, CA.