Jeremy Botts
@jeremybotts.bsky.social
artist designer educator | typography lettering drawing | RISD MICA Wheaton Manibus Press
I walked a drawing on the frozen lake yesterday thinking about Shirley Erena Murray's hymn "Forgive, Forgive Us"
Forgive us that our souls are numb
to scenes of terror, screams of pain...
the hearts to ache for justice's sake
the will to stand where Jesus stood.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Bt...
Forgive us that our souls are numb
to scenes of terror, screams of pain...
the hearts to ache for justice's sake
the will to stand where Jesus stood.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Bt...
Forgive Forgive: a walked drawing
YouTube video by plainsinger
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January 26, 2026 at 2:37 PM
I walked a drawing on the frozen lake yesterday thinking about Shirley Erena Murray's hymn "Forgive, Forgive Us"
Forgive us that our souls are numb
to scenes of terror, screams of pain...
the hearts to ache for justice's sake
the will to stand where Jesus stood.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Bt...
Forgive us that our souls are numb
to scenes of terror, screams of pain...
the hearts to ache for justice's sake
the will to stand where Jesus stood.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Bt...
A wonderful poster by Luba Lukova. #immigrantswelcomehere
January 24, 2026 at 2:50 AM
A wonderful poster by Luba Lukova. #immigrantswelcomehere
Norman Dello Joio and Miscanthus dimensions Gracillimus (maiden grass).
January 23, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Norman Dello Joio and Miscanthus dimensions Gracillimus (maiden grass).
Sweet Hour of Prayer. Playing along with my grandfather on his mother's 1893 Weaver pump organ. #pumporgan #harmonica #parlororgan #hymn
January 16, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Sweet Hour of Prayer. Playing along with my grandfather on his mother's 1893 Weaver pump organ. #pumporgan #harmonica #parlororgan #hymn
A few works from my freshman and sophomore year at RISD in the early 90s. A miniature painting in a class I took with Shahzia Sikander, self portrait in sketchbook, and a gouache painting with oil transfer drawing (Paul Klee’s technique).
January 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
A few works from my freshman and sophomore year at RISD in the early 90s. A miniature painting in a class I took with Shahzia Sikander, self portrait in sketchbook, and a gouache painting with oil transfer drawing (Paul Klee’s technique).
A poster I made. Typeface is Big Shoulders designed by Patricking of xotypeco for the city of Chicago. I altered it a bit and added a manicule.
January 13, 2026 at 10:13 PM
A poster I made. Typeface is Big Shoulders designed by Patricking of xotypeco for the city of Chicago. I altered it a bit and added a manicule.
Favorite scene in Rob Reiner’s “Stand By Me.” #standbyme #robreiner
December 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Favorite scene in Rob Reiner’s “Stand By Me.” #standbyme #robreiner
Holiday shenanigans
December 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Holiday shenanigans
The Idea of a Star. An evolving installation (and collaboration with Kaye Lee Patton!) for Advent at Lombard Mennonite Church.
December 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The Idea of a Star. An evolving installation (and collaboration with Kaye Lee Patton!) for Advent at Lombard Mennonite Church.
Tis the season for much Kate Rusby in our house. Here is her Hark the Herald Angels Sing. So radically different from the tune I grew up with... I just love it... her extraordinary voice, the accordion, subtle brass... Check out her whole album Sweet Bells.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmsz... #KateRusby
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmsz... #KateRusby
Kate Rusby Hark the Herald
YouTube video by Paul Adamietz
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December 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Tis the season for much Kate Rusby in our house. Here is her Hark the Herald Angels Sing. So radically different from the tune I grew up with... I just love it... her extraordinary voice, the accordion, subtle brass... Check out her whole album Sweet Bells.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmsz... #KateRusby
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmsz... #KateRusby
A jaunt back the lane with Cora at my grandparents' old farm on a gorgeous November afternoon... and nine... and eighteen years ago!
November 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
A jaunt back the lane with Cora at my grandparents' old farm on a gorgeous November afternoon... and nine... and eighteen years ago!
Quick porch chalkboard lettering.
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Quick porch chalkboard lettering.
Broadview Cross.
November 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Broadview Cross.
We listened to a whole lot of Elizabeth Mitchell back in 2008. #autoharp #toypiano #elizabethmitchell
November 5, 2025 at 1:58 AM
We listened to a whole lot of Elizabeth Mitchell back in 2008. #autoharp #toypiano #elizabethmitchell
Front porch shenanigans.
November 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Front porch shenanigans.
...and "The Hangman," Les Goldman and Paul Julian's gorgeously animated, yet sadly relevant setting (from 1964) of the poem by Maurice Ogden. #Hangman #Animation www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xkbp...
October 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
...and "The Hangman," Les Goldman and Paul Julian's gorgeously animated, yet sadly relevant setting (from 1964) of the poem by Maurice Ogden. #Hangman #Animation www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xkbp...
Just rewatched this classic, kid-terrifying, short film: Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" and recognized a young Ed Begley Jr. ia801404.us.archive.org/13/items/the... #EdBegleyJr #TheLottery
October 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Just rewatched this classic, kid-terrifying, short film: Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" and recognized a young Ed Begley Jr. ia801404.us.archive.org/13/items/the... #EdBegleyJr #TheLottery
The cross I cobbled together with last year's Christmas tree, shovel handles, sheet foam insulation, an old elbow duct, conduit tubing, some decorative trim, part of a cross maquette I made many moons ago, strings from a mop, and zip ties. In Broadview for a vigil this weekend. #immigrantswelcome
October 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The cross I cobbled together with last year's Christmas tree, shovel handles, sheet foam insulation, an old elbow duct, conduit tubing, some decorative trim, part of a cross maquette I made many moons ago, strings from a mop, and zip ties. In Broadview for a vigil this weekend. #immigrantswelcome
And here is Etude No 6. Joannès Rochut's arrangement for trombone/euphonium of a Marco Bordogni vocalise. #euphonium
October 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
And here is Etude No 6. Joannès Rochut's arrangement for trombone/euphonium of a Marco Bordogni vocalise. #euphonium
Jesse played two of the Marco Bordogni etudes in church. Joannès Rochut arranged them for trombone/euphonium. Here is No 5. It is a great joy to play music with my kids (that's me on the piano). #euphonium #Rochut #Bordogni #etude
October 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Jesse played two of the Marco Bordogni etudes in church. Joannès Rochut arranged them for trombone/euphonium. Here is No 5. It is a great joy to play music with my kids (that's me on the piano). #euphonium #Rochut #Bordogni #etude
What fun to run into the good Dr John Walford on my bike ride yesterday. His support of my young family and my work years ago were a huge part of me choosing to become part of the art department. #artatwheaton
October 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
What fun to run into the good Dr John Walford on my bike ride yesterday. His support of my young family and my work years ago were a huge part of me choosing to become part of the art department. #artatwheaton