Elizabeth (Beth) Vuelta
Artist Bio
Beth Sumner Vuelta, MA, CMI is a medical artist practicing out of Westfield, New Jersey. She specializes in creating digital medical and surgical illustrations. Some of her clients and past employers include: Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins, Dell Children’s Hospital, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, and Mount Sinai Health System in New York City.
She received her Master of Arts degree in Biomedical Communications from UT Southwestern Medical Center’s school of Biomedical Communications in 2012, and was awarded the Dean’s Excellence Award in Scientific Illustration in Honor of Lewis Boyd Waters. She also passed an optional additional certification through the Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI) to become a Certified Medical Illustrator (CMI) in 2016, where she is also an active professional member.
Beth enjoys oil painting in her unique medical/art niche a collection she named “scrubs and stuffies” – bringing together medical devices and stuffed animals.
Artist Statement
As a medical illustrator and oil painter, I find inspiration where medicine and humanity meet. In my collection, “Scrubs and Stuffies,” I bring together the precision of medical devices with the comfort and familiarity of stuffed animals, creating a playful and unexpected conversation. My background in medical illustration informs my careful attention to anatomy, form, and lighting.
“Scrubs and Stuffies” is ultimately about the human side of medicine—the moments of vulnerability, comfort, resilience, and tenderness that can exist alongside technology and treatment. I invite viewers to see medical objects not simply as tools, but as witnesses to deeply personal experiences, and to discover warmth and humanity in an environment often defined by sterility and precision.
