Mimi Torchia Boothby

Category: flowers

  • In the garden

    Painted a little garden scene this morning, inspired by all the colors in my garden and all of the amazing flowers you can see all over Seattle. This is a little postcard that someone is going to get in the mail. Decisions, decisions. This painting is not for sale.

  • Lilacs in Quebec

    This morning, I came upon a beautiful photo, posted by a friend. It inspired me to paint. The lighting in the reference was sublime. I continue to work on one of the methods I learned in the workshop I did taught by Tom Hoffmann in Oaxaca.. Painting into wet paint, with a gradually drying brush..…

  • Study of the color elements of Van Gogh’s Blossoming Almond

    Vincent Van Gogh, who died so young, is one of the painters that most inspire me. And amazingly, I continue to find paintings of his that are new to me. This wonderful painting really caught my attention. I couldn’t get it out of my head. So without looking at his painting, I tried to emulate…

  • Iris sunset

    This May has been a perfect season of sunsets. I enjoy the light and the view from my front yard while I bask in the sun and talk to dear friends on the phone or just read. Oh, sometimes I paint! Flowers are such magical things, they catch the sunlight and literally glow in the…

  • Painting in the garden

    This time of year my garden is a riot of color. After several attempts at trying to capture the blue woods hyacinths which fill the whole yard with fragrance, I did a study of just them and I was finally able to get a color that evokes what they look like in my yard. There…