Mimi Torchia Boothby

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  • Daffodils again

    It’s spring. It has been raining. Everything is wet, but the sun came out, so the flowers and the leaves are all glistening. Inspired by light, this painting was born. It looks much better in person, the colors actually glow. It measures 10″ x 14″ and it, too is for sale $150.00. If you buy…

  • Daffodil time again

    I painted these flowers out in the yard yesterday. There were little violets everywhere surrounding a proud stand of daffodils. I didn’t feel like painting hundreds of violets, but I felt they were too important to leave them out of the painting. This is the result. The painting measures 10″ X 14″ and was painted…

  • A salute to Vincent Van Gogh

    Vincent Van Gogh was a genius. I’ve been studying his work for years. He died in his early 40’s but he achieved so much in that short time. This painting of mine is based on his painting, “Vase with Red Poppies” If you compare the two paintings, you’ll see that all that I took from…

  • Painting outside in February

    As part of Tom Hoffmann’s class, we went to the Arboretum yesterday evening. It being February in Seattle, there is only a small window of time where I can stay outside comfortably. I discovered bee boxes and thought it would be fun to paint them. This was a display of old and new; once upon…

  • The Book

    Here is an older painting that I did in someone else’s style, just for fun. It measures 8″ x 10″ and is already framed. It represents the comfort that a person can get from The Book. In this painting, it was the Big Book, a nod to Alcoholics Anonymous, which saves lives, and Narcotics Anonymous…