Lisa Higby
LeFevre 
Lisa Higby LeFevre creates art that expresses a
reverential interconnectedness of land and people.
She and her husband, Bud, live in
Sterling
,
IL
, and own
Distinctive
Gardens
with business partner, Jim Brown in
Dixon
IL
. Lisa was
born in
Davenport
,
IA
, in 1965, attended
Marycrest
College
, receiving a BA with honors in Computer Graphics in
1987 and worked for the Quad City Times where she redesigned the Bix
7 logo. In the 90’s,
Lisa lived in Milwaukee, WI, where she continued to develop as a
painter while working for the Milwaukee Public School system and
then Falls Mills Greenhouse. In
2001, she joined
Distinctive
Gardens
and established a home studio where she has painted
ever since. In 2003, for
Quad City Arts Festival of Trees, Lisa collaborated with Jim Brown
and Bud LeFevre on the tree, “Through the Woods,” taking awards: Best of Show Professional, Most Artistic
Professional and People’s Choice Professional.
In 2005, First 
Christian Church in
Dixon
,
IL
, commissioned her to produce
two fourteen
foot church sanctuary paintings.
She has received numerous awards for her work, including
three consecutive Best of Shows at the Phidian Art show in
Dixon
. Her work
is held primarily in
Midwest
collections and can be seen at: Quad City Arts in
Rock Island
,
IL
;
Distinctive
Gardens
in
Dixon
,
IL
; Books on First in
Dixon
,
IL
; and Metaphors Gallery in
Arlington Heights
,
IL
. Information
is available online at www.lhlefevre.com
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