Deborah Kopka Designs Botanical Art Deborah Kopka Designs is your local botanical illustrator with over 20 years of experience in many areas. Headquartered in Perrysburg, Ohio, I began my career as a high school English teacher. I loved teaching, and I still do. But I also love publications. I went on from teaching to serve educational publishers as a writer/editor, editorial director, and author for more than 25 years. In the 1990s, I was pursuing what I thought would be my ultimate calling to the ministry. But I was redirected by a wonderful book on botanical illustration, a botanical art class, another botanical art class, and yet another! I left graduate school, began drawing and painting, and studied botanical illustration in England and editorial illustration at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. After 20 years on the West Coast, I returned to my native Ohio with my husband and our family of felines. Surrounded by rich farmland and the deeply ingrained Midwestern love of all that grows, I paint, write, and teach through the seasons. My career redirection became my calling, and it always brings me joy! My mission is to create unique images that evoke the peace and appreciation of the natural world. I'm guided by the belief that botanicals inspire, enrich, and heal us. So, enjoy my art! I create it for you, with my very best wishes, in my Ohio studio where my roots are planted deep. I can be reached at 419-873-8426 (voice) 419-873-8436 (fax). Dkdesigns.org~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
