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Painting a tabby cat
I have been studying a book on watercolors written by Tom Hoffmann. His book touches on a lot of the issues I have as a watercolor painter. For me, one of the hardest things to paint is a tabby cat. Their fur is marked in specific patterns, composed of individual hairs. I am not the…
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Enza in a sunbeam
In Seattle, where I live, the winter sun is pretty spectacular. It shines from the southern corner of the sky. It is not very warm, but it can be quite bright, and unfortunately, it is rather rare. My cat Enza was sunbathing in a sunbeam yesterday on our oak floor. The brilliant white of the…
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Harvesting the Pacific Northwest Grandeur.
The first white settlers of the Oregon Territory discovered that the riches were in wood and salmon. Flocks of hardy men came from all over the world to harvest this wood, some of it 1000 year old trees, many of these trees stood over 300 feet tall and their girths were often over 50 feet.…
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Old Barn in the late evening light
One of the beautiful atmospheric effects I see a lot here in the Pacific Northwest is the very low sky. Everything will be kind of dark except for a splash of light on the horizon. The barn in this photo has since collapsed but I have had the good fortune to own a photo…
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Bike Love 5
A Â couple, wildly in love, Â goes on vacation and parks their bikes on the small deck overlooking the paradise they chose for this romantic interlude. Looking out the sliding doors of their motel room, this is the view awaiting them. Both bikes are ready to go, a wonderful day awaits them. This is painting…
Mimi Torchia Boothby
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