Mimi Torchia Boothby

Author: admin

  • My first dog memorial

    Sophie was an older dog who was a regular at Seward Park Clay studio, where I have been spending much of my time. She was not noteworthy herself (in my opinion) but the relationship she had with her human was very sweet. I watched them interact day after day, and then one day, she was…

  • Bikes in shadows

    I was recently inspired by another watercolor artist’s rendition of bicycles, so I tried painting some again. I tried two different color schemes and two different methods. What do you think? The brown version is 5″ x 7″ I am asking $75.00 for it. The blue version is about 8″ x 10″ and I am…

  • And back to Enza!

    I have been painting a lot of postcards lately because of the mail art swaps I have been doing and Enza is the one cat I have that actually enjoys modelling. In the first painting, she poses regally on her red throne. In the second, I roughed her fur up a little to make her…

  • Response to a challenge

    My sister suggested I paint my plein aire again from the safety and comfort of my own home. I came up with this, enjoying the orange foliage in the trees.

  • Plein Aire in downtown Seattle

    What would you do if someone told you that they would give you $100 if you’d set up an easel and paint pictures outside just long enough to have it recorded forever? Well, I said yes! I was told I had to be at 1st Street and Battery Street at 3:00 pm, so I got…