Mimi Torchia Boothby

Category: cats

  • World Lion Day

    For World Lion Day, I decided to paint a lion and a lioness. These are 5″ x 7″ paintings on Italian watercolor painting. I let my imagination go wild, and have the lioness exiting a cool blue lake. The lion is standing on a hill, surveying his territory. Both of these paintings are for sale,…

  • The Guard Cat of Amboise

    My sister is on vacation in France, and she sends me daily updates of her adventure. She saw a pretty garden in Amboise, France, but couldn’t get close to it because a cat growled and hissed at her. She managed to take his picture. The little black cat behind him seemed friendlier, but the first…

  • The Rare Andean Cat

    High up in the arid hills of the Andes live a very small population of wild cats. They are considered the small cat analog to the snow leopard, and belong to one of the rarest and least known of all the cat species. They are endangered, due to over-hunting and habitat encroachment. There exists a…

  • Chippy and Pumpkin – commission

    I recently painted this for a fellow blogger who goes by the handle “Intense Guy” – follow the link, and you can read his blog too. This was an interesting assignment, as the cats were not together, so I had to use a little artistic license. I love to paint cats, so if you have…

  • Imperious Enza

    Continuing experimentation with the 300 pound hand made cards my sister gave me. The experiment today was how fine can I go? Enza was just sitting there sweetly but when I looked up, she moved her paw into this pose, which I caught.. I thought she looked kind of cute, she thought she needed a…