Lyon Road Art Blog

TIME LAPSE - painting an embryo

Embryo Painting from Lyon Road Art on Vimeo. One of the most common requests for custom paintings that we get is for embryos.  We've put togeth...

How to Make Art Prints: Scanning

I would say I get asked most often about this: Fellow artists who want to delve in to the world of print-making are wondering about how to get th...

How to Make Art Prints: Printing and Shipping

This is a continuation of my How to Print from Home Series, describing the actual process. If you'd like to read more about the materials I use, c...

How to Make Art Prints: Materials

As I explained in this post, I am now printing all orders from my home studio. I do love the printing and shipping process, but getting started was...

Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)

A customer came to me with a special request. Her friend had just had a son born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). He was scheduled to h...

My New Print Shop

This past February, my husband and I invested in the fancy-pants Epson P800 SureColor fine art printer in order to create an at-home Lyon Road prin...

Happy Anniversary, Lyon Road!

Today's a big day: January 25 marks one year since I started Lyon Road. And oh, what a year it has been. Failed some, succeeded more, learned tons,...

Crohn's Disease

I recently painted the large and small intestines for an individual living with Crohn's. The recipient was so kind and lovely and gracious that I w...

Watercolor, the Underdog

I was at Fed Ex this weekend scanning in some of my artwork (I totally recommend using Fed Ex for this btw, they have a nice large scanner and the ...

Finding the Time for Art

I recently started an Etsy shop, Lyon Road, to sell my artwork. The initial reaction from friends and family is typically, "Awesome! Kudos!". This ...