Mimi Torchia Boothby

As I am getting ready for my show at The Station, I am painting less and doing a lot more of the background kinds of jobs that artists must do, like matting, framing and getting paintings in order. I am, however, trying to keep my paintbrushes wet.

I have always loved to get and to send mail, and have been decorating envelopes and making cards for decades. This is the outside of a thank you card.

From April 1st to April 30th a good variety of my paintings will be on display at The Station, which is a very friendly little coffee shop at 2533 16th Ave S Seattle, WA 98144‎ on Beacon Hill. Most of the paintings that will be on display are for sale. All sales proceeds go to Animal Conservation organizations.

One of our family’s favorite pastimes is going to the beach, or to a river, and playing with rocks. I have always loved playing with rocks, finding the prettiest, finding nice shapes, and then taking them home to line my walk. Donald was a bit more creative, he stacked them. He stacked rocks everywhere we went. And he brought home stacks of rocks and gave them as gifts; complete with instructions.

We like rocks so much that our front yard is full of them. In fact, some of Donald’s rock stacks are still standing; accompanied by stacks that other family members have added as well.