January Artist of the Month…Meet Mi Herzog
By WSA Member Linda Kinch
Mi Herzog has always loved art but, in her early years, felt it was a priority to focus on her business education. She earned an MBA at Harvard and had a successful career in marketing. She married and became busy with her two children and work. In 2012 she took a trip to New Orleans with her friend who is an art historian, and after visiting many galleries, her passion for art was reignited.
About 2 days after returning from her trip, Mi had enrolled in a watercolor course at the MFA in Boston. From then on, she has not stopped painting nor learning. Sarah Alexander at Mass Audubon’s Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary was an early mentor.
Mi paints and sketches pretty much anything but has a particular interest in landscape, especially beaches. She travels extensively now that she is retired and paints scenery worldwide. A particular love is Martha’s Vineyard where she summers and studies at Featherstone Center for the Arts. Constantly working on light and composition, she studies there with Eva Cincotta.
At home, she paints with Nan Rumpf at the Danforth Art School and does figure drawing at the Elliott School in Jamaica Plain. In addition to her landscapes, she paints captivating children’s portraits inspired by her grandchildren as well as house portraits by commission. Her house in JP is filled with her beautiful watercolors all with wonderful memories attached.
Mi has a lovely sun-filled studio in her home in Jamaica Plain. When she is not traveling or playing tennis, she paints. Mi notes that while many “do not know how to fill their time in retirement, I do!”