EDUCATION
2012 | MS at University of Illinois at Chicago, Biomedical Visualization Program
3.78/4.00, magna cum laude
2008 | BA at Marquette University, Advertising major, Biological Sciences minor
3.75/4.00, magna cum laude
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
2015-present | CEO and owner of Lyon Road Art, LLC (lyonroadart.com)
Business to sell prints and originals of my watercolor and oil paintings.
Over 10,000 prints of my paintings have sold since 2015.
Grown to a 1,500 sq. ft studio with two employees to assist in print production
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2021 | Private Art Commission, Iris Fibers, Nittany Eye Associates
2021 | Private Art Commission, The LeFort Skull, OMFS Office of Andrew Mills
2020 | Private Art Commission, Uric Acid Crystals, Chris Gaffney of Arthritis, Rheumatic, & Back Disease Associates
2019 | Private Art Commission, The Mind, Eye and Body (set of 3), (commissioner requests to remain private)
2018 | Private Art Commission, Large-Scale Blue Iris, University of Southern California (USC)
2018 | Private Art Commission, The Iris in Brown, Green and Blue (set of 3), IDx TEchnologies
2018 | Private Art Commission, Muscles (Set of 2), (commissioner requests to remain private)
2018 | Private Art Commission, Hematology Bubbles (commissioner requests to remain private)
2018 | Private Art Commission, Abstract Histology (set of 3), West River ENT, Rapid City, South Dakota
COLLECTIONS
2021| Children’s Hospital and Medical Center of Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, Voyage of the Sandhill
Crane, 11 pieces
2018 | Christie Clinic, Champaign, Illinois
2017 | Tandy Education Center, University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, Oklahoma
EXHIBITIONS
Aug-Oct 2020 | Voices & Visions, The Art Center, Highland Park, IL
Jan-April 2020 | Rock Island Art Guild Fine Arts Exhibition at the FIGGE Art Museum, Quad Cities,
Iowa. First Place Award
Feb 2020 | Solo Show: Reflections on the Senses, Bereskin Gallery, Quad Cities, Iowa
Jan 2020 | Curiosity: A National Fine Art Exhibition, J+K Isaacson Gallery, Woodstock, IL
2020 | Duo Exhibition, Fred Simon Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska (accepted but cancelled due to move away from Nebraska)
2018 | Spring Small Works Show, Vanessa Lacy Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2018 | Inner Beauty Art Show, LRA Studios, Omaha, Nebraska
2018 | The Anatomy of Clinical Research, QCR Suite, Omaha, Nebraska
2016 | From Galileo to Mars, SACI Campus, Florence, Italy
PUBLICATIONS
Life Hacks for Military Spouses, Illustrator, Skyhorse Publishing, 2018
“Guide to Preventing Disease”, Prevention Magazine, 8 Illustrations, vol. 90, Apr 2018
American Society of Radiologic Technologists Journal, Cover, vol. 88, Jan/Feb 2017
American Society of Radiologic Technologists Journal, Cover, vol. 88, Mar/Apr 2017
American Society of Radiologic Technologists Journal, Cover, vol. 88, May/Jun 2017
American Society of Radiologic Technologists Journal, Cover, vol. 88, Jul/Aug 2017
American Society of Radiologic Technologists Journal, Cover, vol. 88, Sep/Oct 2016
American Society of Radiologic Technologists Journal, Cover, vol. 88, Nov/Dec 2016
Desender, Liesbeth, Patient-specific Virtual Reality Simulation; Universiteit Gent University Press 2017, Cover Art
AWARDS
2020 | First Place Award at FIGGE Art Museum 2020 Fine Arts Exhibition by Rock Island Art Guild
2018 | Wall of Success Recipient, Sun Prairie High School. The SPHS “Wall of Success” program honors alumnae demonstrating outstanding success in their field.
IN THE NEWS
Turner, Jonathan. “Bettendorf Artist Reveals Complexity, Beauty of the Human Body.” Quad City Times March 5, 2020. Newspaper.
Living Local News Segment. February 23, 2020. Television.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
April 2020 | Instructor for Painting Animals with Watercolor, Beréskin Art Gallery and Academy
June 2020 | Instructor for Introduction to Medical Illustration, Beréskin Art Gallery and Academy