Suzanne Wegener earned her undergraduate degree in Scientific Illustration from Northern Illinois University and a MS in Biomedical Visualization from the University of Illinois, Chicago. She is currently Nature Arts Education Manager at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois and serves as the liaison for the Nature Artists’ Guild of the Morton Arboretum. She is free-lancing in medical and natural history illustration. Suzanne has taught traditional art techniques at various institutions for over fifteen years and co-taught the 2003, 2004 and 2008 Guild of Natural Science Illustrator’s Summer Workshop. She teaches traditional and digital media throughout the Midwest and has been represented by galleries in Door County WI and Sanibel Island FL. Her work is included in the Morton Arboretum’s rare print and art collection and in private collections in Germany and South Africa.