Mimi Torchia Boothby

Category: landscapes

  • Tom Hoffmann Workshop – El Mercado

    On Tuesday morning of the Tom Hoffmann Oaxaca Workshop, we got up early and headed up the hill, in a direction we’d never gone. Our landmark was a tree. We found a Mercado easily enough, and the sign even said “Mercado Sanchez Perez” but when we asked people where it was, they all pointed in…

  • Tom Hoffmann workshop – arches and Jacarandas

    On the third day of Tom Hoffmann‘s workshop, we rented a van and headed out to Cuilapam. This is an abandoned monastery, which is now an archaeology site. It was an impressive place, with lots of columns, arches and jacaranda trees covered with lavender flowers. I did painting after painting of arches. Tom told us…

  • Chillin’ at Folklife

    As I sit here today, cringing every time the wind throws more rain on my window, I think back to the warm weekend of the Folklife festival It was such a glorious day, my dear husband and I took many photos because it seemed that everyone had come out to enjoy the music and the…

  • Day 29 – A snow scene

    Just when it should have been getting easy to finish this challenge, my life just got crazy. I had hopes of doing a couple really nice paintings for my last two days, but instead I only have time for small studies. In this painting, I was trying to show both the atmosphere and the colors…

  • Day 28 – A snowy day at Snoqualmie Pass

    Today I went snowshoeing in the snow. While there i was amazed at the colors in the snow and this was my first attempt to capture them.