Lisa studied illustration at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, painting and sculpture in Florence, Italy and graduated from University of California Los Angeles with a degree in geography. She has designed and illustrated numerous educational posters for teaching botany, which are used extensively by K-12 schools, universities and the National Park Service. Recently she designed and illustrated an educational poster on the five Mediterranean-Climate Regions of the World, which has been distributed worldwide. Her botanical illustration clients include The Huntington Botanical Gardens, Santa Barbara Botanical Garden, Garden Design, National Gardening, Orchid Digest, Houghton Mifflin and the Natural History Museum. Lisa also serves as an exhibit designer and consultant for the University of California Los Angeles Natural Reserve System. Currently she teaches botanical illustration at the Huntington Botanical Gardens where she has worked continuously as a botanical illustrator since 1977. She is an avid gardener and resides in West Los Angeles amid a jungle of plant specimens and various wild and tame creatures.

Telephone: 310 473-9694
Email: l.pompelli@verizon.net