Timothy Botts

Botts is married and has three children.{{Cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-09-23-9003190697-story.html|title=A man of letters Timothy Botts turns words into a work of art: [FINAL EDITION]|last=Stetson|first=Nancy|date=September 23, 1990|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=November 1, 2019}} As a child, Botts felt like an outcast, until he had gotten inspiration to try art. This inspiration was from his first-grade teacher. She recognized his artistic ability and continued as his art teacher throughout his elementary years and followed him into high school. During his sixth-grade year, Botts had to do a poster project for school fair. For his project, he used a lettering book that had all different lettering styles that piqued his interest. In the following year, Botts attended junior high where he met his future wife. The two dated through high school and went separate ways before going off to college.

After attending high school, he was attended Carnegie Mellon University to pursue his art. During his freshman year at Carnegie Mellon, he was introduced to calligraphy as a requirement for his graphic design major.

After college, Botts married. Rather than being drafted to Vietnam, the couple were sent to Japan for three years where they taught conversational English and where Botts took Japanese brush writing for five weeks.

Throughout his career, Botts has formed his own font, or what he refers to as a visual language with the use of colors, letter styles, letter paths, and contrast and repetition.{{Cite journal|last=Botts|first=Timothy|date=Fall 2011|title=Cover artist|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,uid&db=aft&AN=525581655&site=ehost-live&scope=site|journal=Letter Arts Review|volume=25|pages=8–11|via=Art Full Text}} He used a mixture of Runes styled calligraphy as well as ancient African scripts he came across from some research of Saki Mafundikwa. He also included 19th century American adaptations of Black Letter, Roundhand, early 20th century Bookhand, as well as urban graffiti.

Botts has had many opportunities to draw on walls of churches and other places that inhabit places of worship with selected murals of scriptures that can be found at Good Shepard Lutheran, Cornerstone Church, Naperville Bible Church, Trinity Church of the Nazarene, St. Francis House High School in Wheaton and Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove.{{Cite news|title=Artist's Scripture etchings leave lasting impression on observers: [D3 Edition]|last=Asimakoupoulos|first=Greg|date=June 23, 2001|work=Daily Herald|id={{ProQuest|312449048}}}} His art can be found in many formats other than walls which can be found in provided publishings.

His teaching can be found at the College of DuPage and an intermediate class at The Fine Line in St. Charles, Illinois. He hosts weekend workshops throughout the United States as well as at the International Calligraphy Convention.

• (1989). Wind Songs. Tyndale House Publishers. {{ISBN|9780842382526}}
• (1991). Messiah. Tyndale House Publishers. {{ISBN|9780842342353}}
• (1992). Horizons: Exploring Creations. Zondervan. {{ISBN|978-0310576709}}
• (1994). Proverbs. Tyndale House Publishers. {{ISBN|978-0842350341}}
• (1996). Joy in the Journey. Tyndale House Publishers. {{ISBN|978-0785277897}}
• (1997). The Book of Psalms. Tyndale House Publishers. {{ISBN|978-0842349550}}
• (1998). Door Posts. Tyndale House Publishers. {{ISBN|978-0842305952}}
• (1999). Best- Loved Bible Verses. Tyndale House Publishers. {{ISBN|978-0842335225}}
• (2000). The Holy Bible. Tyndale House Publishers. {{ISBN|978-0842337144}}
• (2002). Portraits of the Word: Great Verses of the Bible in Expressive Calligraphy. Tyndale House Publishers. {{ISBN|978-0842355353}}
• (2011). Bound for Glory. Tyndale House Publishers. {{ISBN|978-1414354538}}

• The Purchase Award, Newberry Library (2000).{{Cite web|url=https://faith-and-life.org/speakers/timothy-botts/|title=Timothy Botts|last=|first=|date=January 5, 2004|website=Faith and Life|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-04}}

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• [https://cargocollective.com/bottscalligraphy/BIOGRAPHY-CONTACT Timothy Botts - overview]

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