Mimi Little has been drawing and painting all her life, and she has taken her art to a more serious level in the last ten years. She now realizes how important it is for her ideas and experiences to be put onto paper and canvas.

She says, "The depth of understanding increases as one thinks about what one would like to paint, how the experience or object affects the artist and how that influence can be translated into a painting that others can experience. Sometimes the translated thought is more abstract. Color, shape, line and emotion become more important than the object. Other times it is more literal, the human figure, a tree, stones or barns are clearly visible."

Mimi is an artist and an activist. What is important in her life is reflected in her painting. A visit to artisans in Haiti, and a project undertaken to preserve decaying tobacco barns in southern Maryland, led to two expansive sequences of painting

Fascinated by the human figure, Mimi says, “Drawing from life is pure pleasure and extremely challenging. Literally drawing the figure or using the figure to go further – not just depicting a person, a form, but the personality and life of the model is my goal.” 

Visit Mimi's website at www.MimiLittle.com

Mimi's Work

Calvert Cliffs Tiger Beetles, Acrylic, 24x48 $1800.00

Late Afternoon III, Acrylic, 21 x 27 $575.00

Eleana,  Acrylic,  unframed - $350.00