I enjoy combining the joys of botanical observation with the skills I have learned to portray plants as they are found in nature. I soon hope to teach Botanical Painting in Central Oregon. I especially appreciate all the friendships that Botanical Painting has brought to me from around the world, and how it has added to my appreciation of the wonders of nature.
Jeanne Debons has an MSc in Forest Botany and Plant Pathology from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse, NY. She has a PhD in Botany and Plant Pathology from Oregon State University. Always passionate about plants and botany, Jeanne has taken several more botanical painting courses since her first with Anne Marie Evans in 2001. She received her diploma in Botanical Illustration from the English Gardening School, located at the Chelsea Physic Gardens in London, in December, 2005. Poppies were the subject of her diploma project. Moving to the High Desert of Oregon in 2006, Jeanne has continued to paint, and looks forward to teaching botanical painting in the near future. She has begun to exhibit her paintings locally.
