Mimi Torchia Boothby

A postcard for you?

This is a hand painted postcard. I have really been enjoying “Mail Art” and have been trying to paint a new one every day. These horses have been out in a pasture all day and I think they are ready for some oats. I wonder if anyone reads my blog. Ok. So comment on this…

October 22, 2013

my life in cartoons – part two

This is the second half of my long, detailed autobiography that i did for a mail art project. If you can’t read it, click on the picture until you get a larger view.

October 16, 2013

my life in cartoons – part one

As part of a mail art exchange, I was asked to correspond in cartoon format. By the time the weekend was out, I had done 8 complete strips and an autobiography! It looks like I have to work on the lettering.. To read the cartoons, click on the cartoon until it is full size. Scroll…

October 15, 2013

Vicino al mare – near the sea

After winning a ribbon for one of my Italian themed paintings last week AND selling it, I decided I would have to paint a few more. Goodness knows I have hundreds of photos, great reference material, many taken by my late husband who was a talented photographer from our many trips to Italy. This painting…

October 10, 2013

A really good book

The other day on the light rail, I sat across from this gentleman. The novel in his hands was fraying. Most of the front cover was gone, the inside front page was in tatters. He was so intent on what he was reading, that when I snapped a picture of him with my trusty phone/digital…

October 3, 2013