Mimi Torchia Boothby

Portrait of a Stanford Student

Due to the hiring and layoff rhythms where I work, about 10 years ago we were at a strange place, where everyone in our group was close to 40 or older.Â It was depressing to see theÂ the most important age groupÂ missing here.Â With the advent of the 787 programs we finally started getting…

September 17, 2009

PRUGNI – Italian Plums

This year the raspberries weren’t too great, the figs were a terrible disappointment, but we have plums! They are also called Italian Prunes. Now why would someone paint Italian Prunes? It came to me in a dream. I was frustrated because my paintings haven’t been inspiring me lately, and so I dreamed that my husband…

September 9, 2009

Itty Bitty Cat Paintings

A fun way to paint little kitties is to use a very small piece of watercolor paper to paint them on. Â Next, you stuff the paintings into a tiny little frame. PRESTO! Â These particular kitties are being donated to an auction to benefit Feral Cats, but if you want one, I can make one for…

September 3, 2009

A face at the Othello Park International Festival

Your roving painter found a great face to paint last weekend. Assisted by her energetic partner, Artist Seanna Jordan, Mimi was able to snap a few photos of this man while he wondered what the heck we were making such a fuss about. Â He’ll never know!

August 28, 2009

The UPS Store

Well, life continues to get more amazing. The general manager of a neighborhood UPS store asked if they could use my painting of President Barack Obama to demonstrate how large a print they could make. Â So now, if you want to go to this store, at 3815 South Othello Street in Seattle, you can see…

August 24, 2009