Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • I’ve Gone Abstract!

    I’ve Gone Abstract!

    I pushed them aside, thinking, that’s not me, they’re gimmicks. Old stick in the mud me. Years ago, while I was working on my subjective art, every so often, an idea would come to me for an abstract piece, a conceptual piece or wildly ,well,wild ideas. I wonder at times if I followed that path,…

  • Deal With it

    I’ve gone back to writing my blog. A good friend didn’t think giving up the blog was a good idea. So…… I was looking on the page that I would use to either delete or continue my blog. I felt maybe it was too rash a decision after all. So, sitting at my desk, with…

  • Herding (NOT Hoarding)cats

    Herding (NOT Hoarding)cats

    As I have told you year after year, time after time…..St. Patrick’s Day is my birthday. And what I have told you, only slightly as often, it’s also St. Gertrude of Nivelle’s Day. She’s the patron saint of cats….I found that this last tradition is only from the1980’s. I’m disappointed, that it’s not ancient lore…

  • The Subject Is Titles

    The Subject Is Titles

    I haven’t done much abstract art. When I do, though, I don’t label it “Untitled “. Can you imagine this being entitled “Untitled “? I’d probably be asking, “Can’t you give me a clue?”. But you don’t have to ask, it’s called “Guardian Angel”. Not to be confused by this: Okay, I don’t play games.…

  • Are YOu Serious?

    Are YOu Serious?

    I realize why some of my work just draws blank looks. Art is not supposed to be funny…or at least fanciful. No, I don’t mean huge guffaws, as you get with a comedian. I mean more of a lighthearted and jolly mood. (Did I really use the word jolly?) No, art is serious. It tackles…

  • It’S eCLECTIC!

    It’S eCLECTIC!

    Can’t get rid of this damn chair, can I? Did I tell you about my first day as a DJ assistant? I got the name of “The Electric Slide”, wrong, and shouted out, “It’s Eclectic!”. No, that’s not true. Makes for a good story, though, I do have a true story about the word eclectic,…

  • INto YOUR LIFE It Will Creep

    INto YOUR LIFE It Will Creep

    I may not have that right….the 1960’s was a long time ago. The song was “What It’s Worth”, by the Buffalo Springfield. What “It” was, was paranoia. In my rewording…into your life it will creep is………….BOREDOM! A lot less sinister than paranoia, but they both can end up doing strange things. Like questionable art. Once,…

  • As I Said……

    As I Said……

    Chairs represent people, too. The featured painting, of course, is not created by me. If you’re reading my blog, you probably know this work of art is credited to Vincent Van Gogh. It’s a self portrait, illustrated by his chair. I’ve done a few portraits that are chairs: This is my former landlords chair. I…

  • BICYCLES is PEOPLE!

    BICYCLES is PEOPLE!

    As are chairs: But, back to bicycles, and the title of this. Boomers will remember an old movie titled “Soylent Green “. Long story short, in a dystopian world, people are given something to eat, called Soylent Green. As it turns out, its made of recycled human remains. Thus, the cry “Soylent Green is People!”…