Mimi Torchia Boothby

The Lady in Green

Those of you that have been following my paintings will recognize this lady. I have painted her face several times, attempting to capture the emotions that she displayed at a party almost 100 years ago. She didn’t fit in with the rest of the crowd, sitting apart from the rest of them, and looking away…

August 25, 2011

Downtown Renton Art and Antique Walk

Downtown Renton Art and Antique Walk 808 3rd Ave Saturday, August 20th, 2011 11:00am – 6:00pm Once again I will be displaying and hopefully selling art at the Downtown Renton Art and Antique Walk. I will be in front of Rubattino’s cafe (at 808 3rd Avenue) ready to paint your portrait! Discover what all the…

August 16, 2011

Barbie – 1995-2011

When my sons were still in their teens and living at home, we decided the house needed a kitten. We started looking for one, and one day my mother called me, she had found an ideal kitten, tiny, friendly, a little silver tabby. We brought her home and we named her Barbie-Q. That name was…

August 10, 2011

Boise, Idaho – a jaunt to the hot dry side

I flew to Boise on Saturday to visit some family; and while I was there I had a little time to work in my journal. While sitting with my dear husband in Starbucks, I sketched him writing about the frustration of his niece having cancer — “Life isn’t fair” At the niece’s house, the only…

August 9, 2011

A motherless child

Sometimes you see a photograph and you can’t get it out of your mind. I visit the Shorpy.com website often because he uncovers a wealth of 100 year old negatives, prints them out and then shares them with the rest of us. This young woman can be found on his website in a post titled…

July 31, 2011