ARTISAN - Key Persons

Jonathan was born and raised in Delaware County, Pa., where he still resides with his wife and three children. Jonathan worked with his handyman grandfather each summer through high school learning the trade at a very early age. After high school he began taking classes for hotel and restaurant management and started working in the restaurant industry, holding just about every position from server, bartender, kitchen manager, and front of house manager. Here he met several lifelong friends and future business partners. After several years and the birth of their 2nd child, Jonathan made a decision to go back to his roots. He joined forces with his father, John (Artisan partner). We ran a small "mom and pop" painting and carpentry business that has laid the groundwork for what we have today. During these few years Jonathan also worked for two other painting companies broadening his skill set and learning the commercial landscape and fine spray finishing's to get ready for the next step in our journey. The birth of Artisan. John was born and raised in Ridley Park, PA where he still resides today with his wife and two youngest children. He is a proud father of 7 and grandfather (Pop-pop) of 9. John attended Ridley High School and then attended Kutztown where he studied Art before beginning a 22 year long career with Dobbs International Services, an airline catering company. During John's childhood he watched his father, Ed, build and sustain a residential painting company. While John had a fruitful career with Dobbs, his passion to create and apply his art skills needed an outlet and new challenge. John decided to join forces with his dad in 1997 and Dyer Painting was formed. In the years to follow John absorbed as much knowledge as he could, learning the craft of painting professionally and honing his artistic abilities. Continuing in the tradition of family, It wasn't long before John's oldest son, Jonathan (Jon), would join the business. Years later it was time for another change, yet this time, it wouldn't be a change in careers, rather a rebranding with his son Jon and new business partner Mike. With the rebranding the name had to change too, but what would we call it? Pulling from John's artistic background, the answer was an easy one……ARTISAN!

Mike Lieber was born and raised in the suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts where he lived with his parents and younger sister. Mike's family relocated to Marlboro, NJ in 1990. Some years following, Mike found his way to Delaware County, where he has been a proud resident since 1999. Mike has always had a passion for exceeding standards in the service industry, and his skills allowed him to build a successful eighteen-year career in hospitality and restaurant management. In 2001, while working for a local brew pub, Mike and the other founders of Artisan were introduced to each other. It wasn't long before they became the best of friends; one might even call them brothers! Through the years, Mike collaborated with the other Artisans on a few projects, and it was during that time that the light bulb went off. This group of handsome and creative gentlemen soon realized that if they combined their expert craftsman skills with their genuine desire to create and impact people's lives in a positive way, deep-seated hospitality mindset, and the necessary leadership tools to succeed, a great and grand thing could be created. Needless to say, Artisan Painting was born.