Mimi Torchia Boothby

Category: landscapes

  • Live Oak above all

    There is literally nothing that has as much presence and majesty in northern Florida than the Live Oak trees. In the glittering sunshine they stand tall, with their upper leaves touching the clouds and their limbs an inky black. Surely in the days before air conditioning, sitting under one of these would save your life.…

  • Tulip Fields – commission

    Used to be, from time to time, Donald would send me a photo. You should paint this, he said. Or he’d just post it to my wall, knowing full well I’d have to try and paint it. It’s been almost three years since he could have done that, so I was kind of surprised when…

  • Sawtooth Palmetto on a postcard

    This is the pretty fan-leaved shrubby tree that most people think of as a Palmetto. With a casual glance, they are hard to tell from the Sabal, but the Sabal’s leaves are not so round. I am really loving painting these trees in misty vague landscapes. I hope you are enjoying them too.

  • North Adams Street, Tallahassee

    One of the nicest things about Florida (besides the alligators) are the ubiquitous live oak trees. These immense trees dominate the landscape and provide soothing shade with their massive umbrellas of leaves. This is a view I see almost every day; walking, bicycling and even driving in the car, it is near to where I…

  • In the shade of the old oak tree

    Next to alligators, one of the most amazing things about Florida are their live oak trees. They are immense, sheltering an entire ecosystem in each tree, and apparently can be found all over the state. In a place where it gets to be too hot to be out in the sun even early in the…