Mimi Torchia Boothby

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  • Piazza Carmela Borelli – Sersale

    When a town is over 500 years old, I guess it makes sense for them to be inordinately proud of their uniqueness. Sersale is so proud of this tree, they put it on their coat of arms. During the summer, this tree casts a great deep shadow which cools almost half the piazza. The tree…

  • September in Italy

    For me, Italy is a wonderland full of beautiful landscapes, friends, relatives, and good food. Add to that a serious amount of culture; as in 1000 year old churches and glittering museums on every street corner, well, almost. I found a little bit of all of this on my last visit. I have almost filled…

  • Lookout point

    Occasionally I paint a real place. This is a lookout near the highest point in Jefferson Park, on Beacon Hill in Seattle. This is the perfect place to park your bike so that you can look out behind it and see the skyline or the sunset, whichever is more illuminated at the moment. This is…

  • Bike Date #2

    Our cycling couple has made it to yet another old bistro, time for a little break and maybe a snack. This is the 3rd of a series of bike paintings. I’ve wanted to capture the grace of a bicycle for quite some time and I feel like I’ve finally done it. This 11 x 15″…

  • Bike Date

    What could be more fun than  a nice bike ride with your sweetie to a nice restaurant and then back? Nothing makes your appetite keener than a good ride and with no better company. I am having fun with these bike paintings.  Prints of this painting are available here.