Mimi Torchia Boothby

Category: postal art

  • Postmarked 2011 – prison library project

    This is my third year participating in this project. All they ask is that you send them mail at the following address: Postmarked 2011 Prison Library Project 112 Harvard #303 Claremont, CA 91711 http://postmarked2011.blogspot.com What’s nice, though is that you can paint, color, paste, use any media you want, and as long as the address…

  • A Rose by any other name

    “A Rose by any other name” Who said it? I really love roses. Their intricate fat blooms full of a wonderful scent make me smile. Even the simple wild roses with their bold structures and great rose hips have a place in my heart. This is another piece of “mail art,” a simple postcard that…

  • Mail art – one of the things I love

    If you are so fortunate as to get personalized mail from me, it probably won’t look like a plain white envelope with a generic stamp on it. It will probably involve at least 4 stamps, and if I have any time at all, it will also involve watercolor paint, crayons or color pencils. Sometimes, for…

  • Postmarked 2010 now for some Daffodils

    It’s time, there’s Daffodils in my front yard and in my back yard. One day there were none, now they are everywhere, I don’t know how they did not get my attention sooner. In between portraits, flowers are a great way to stay in shape. I painted this on a piece of 8 x 10″…

  • Postmarked 2010 continues

    After sending in several envelope-shaped art works, I got a bit more creative. I sent two different watercolors on real watercolor paper, here’s one. Sorry I have not been painting much in the last two months, we have a family member recovering from a grave illness and it’s been tough to carry on with normal…