“The place you are called to is the place where your deep gladness
and the world’s deep hunger meet.”
Frederick Buechner (1926– )
Sunflower Seed Head and Song Sparrow: Pen and Ink
News
Newsletters and Articles
Enjoy browsing an issue of Botanically Speaking, the newsletter of Deborah Kopka Designs. To be on our mailing list, drop us a line at dkopka@ameritech.net
BOTANICALLY SPEAKING, MARCH 2010
BOTANICALLY SPEAKING, JUNE 2010
BOTANICALLY SPEAKING, SEPT. 2010
BOTANICALLY SPEAKING, DEC. 2010
BOTANICALLY SPEAKING, MARCH 2011
BOTANICALLY SPEAKING, MARCH 2012
BOTANICALLY SPEAKING, APRIL 2013
BOTANICALLY SPEAKING, SEPTEMBER 2013
From the ApexCovantage August 2016 Quarterly Newsletter
Botany in Art: The Botanical Art of Deborah Kopka
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Honors
Thanks to members of the Northwest Ohio Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators for voting “Dancing Beans” for inclusion as one of 12 featured images for its 2019 annual calendar.
Dancing Beans: Watercolor
Hannah’s World was awarded this same honor by SCBWI in 2012.
Hannah’s World: Pen and Ink
Events
Presentation to the Ottawa Hills Garden Club, November 2017
With the Ottawa Hills Garden Club in November 2017 giving a presentation on my work processes to a fun, attentive, appreciative audience!
Exhibits
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Exhibit, ODNR Headquarters, Columbus, Ohio, 2012
With Gus Smithhisler, Roadway Maintenance Program Manager, Engineering Division, of the ODNR, at my December 2012 month-long exhibit. Gus spearheads ODNR’s “Art in the Halls” program that features the work of an Ohio artist each month. Gus is a well-known master pumpkin carver! Access his website at http://squashcarver.com to see his phenomenal work!
Forest and Tree Exhibit, University of Michigan, Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, 2015
The painting I exhibited, “Black Oak Leaf,” Watercolor and Pastel, 2012, is dedicated to my brother John (1957–2016). He loved the natural world.
The Society of Floral Painters Full Members Exhibition, Oxmarket Centre of Arts, Chichester, England, May 2016
Members organizing submissions for the Society of Floral Painters annual exhibit for full members. At left in the foreground, a committee member prepares my painting of Indian Corn (Zea mays) for hanging.
The Victory Center, Art of Cancer Survivors Exhibit, Toledo, Ohio, January 2018
The Victory Center/Toledo, which provides psycho-social support for cancer patients and their caregivers, held a two-day exhibit in January 2018, featuring the art of cancer survivors. I exhibited three paintings in this joyful show, the first cancer-related event I’ve been able to participate in during my recovery from ovarian cancer in 2007. To see my on-air interview with Amy Montgomery of Channel 13/ABC, Toledo, access https://www.facebook.com/deborah.kopka.9/videos/848054615373504/
2020 Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Juried Members’ Exhibit (2 images)
Climbing Hydrangea (Hydrangea anomala petiolis), Watercolor, Pastel, Gouache, and Pen and Ink
Oranges and Orioles, Watercolor, Pastel, and Gouache
2022 Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Juried Members’ Exhibit
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