Mimi Torchia Boothby

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  • 20 – Dog in a box 3

    Ghett the wonder dog will do just about anything she’s asked. Here she sticks her head and front feet into a little wooden frame. She looks like she KNOWS it’s a dumb idea, but she does it anyway. I loved painting this one. It was a lot of fun. I will sell this painting, which…

  • 19 – Dog in a box 2

    I started painting this doggy the same way I did the last one, but as I got close to finishing, I heard Stella’s words in my head and went back and added a bit more color. I have a wonderful model for these paintings. Isn’t she fun? This painting measures 6″ x 6″ and is…

  • 18 – a more painterly portrait

    While it is certain to me that the subject of this painting probably prefers the previous painting better (blue shirt), I am still learning how to do portraits, and there are some important elements in this newer one that are not the same in the previous but more accurate one, shown here: What I really…

  • 17 – Dog in a box

    A lot of my friends are dog people, and after I did my “cat in a box” series last month, one of my doggy friends told me I needed to do a “dog in a box” series. So this is my first attempt. Ghett (pronounced Jet) is a very happy Airedale living in Arkansas. She…

  • 16 – Less is more

    Ok, the lesson for today is “less is more” I want you to compare today’s painting with the one I did for St Valentine’s day. I took a lot longer trying to get the likeness in the VD painting, making a million pencil lines and erasures, and in the end, it still wasn’t right. The…