Mimi Torchia Boothby

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  • Light Rail in South East Seattle!

    Ever since I rode the tram to Rome, I have been excited about Light Rail, so when our lives were disrupted for over 3 years of construction, I was a lot more patient with it than you might expect from me. And yesterday, July 18th was opening day. Here in my neighborhood, they planned a…

  • Elmo – The Good Point

    A few years ago, my coworker asked me to paint his dog. He brought me a lot of photos, but there was not one that I felt I could use as a reference. This month, I tried again. Good dog, you made a good point.

  • It’s all about Nick

    I work for a large aerospace corporation. Every year they recruit promising bright engineers from all over the world. I have watched them come and go for 30 years now. It’s always interesting to see which ones will leave after a year of Seattle’s traffic, housing prices, and weather; and which ones turn into permanent…

  • June – Forever Young

    A friend approached me with a request; could I paint his mother. It struck me as being somewhat of an unusual request, until I remembered his mother died when he was a boy. I accepted the commission before I had seen any of the reference photos, because I completely understood the need to bring our…

  • Bus Stop

    This is painted on a 1/2 sheet of hot press 300 pound watercolor painter. I had the good fortune to be able to use two lovely models for this in the Painting workshop I took last week from Carla O’Connor. This is an imaginary landscape using colors that I love.