Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • All Good Things

    Part of what has been going on is that I ended my relationship of 23 years.  My life has been in a bit of a disarray, so I haven’t gotten around to doing any artwork for a while.  So,  I thought, for those of you who haven’t seen them, some artwork dealing with relationships: The…

  • Shake it up!

    A lot has changed since I posted last, in my personal life. First of all, Hannako has left us.  We nursed her to the end, and she went peacefully. Also, I was laid off from my day job.  This seemed like a good time to make a break, move back to Connecticut by myself (with…

  • A Sad, Personal Note

    I haven’t posted for a while, and that’s because my cat and favorite model, Hannako, won’t be with us much longer.  My partner and I have turned our bedroom into a kitty hospice.  Of course, Hannako is a 13 year-old now, which is the average life span for an indoor cat. In case you aren’t…

  • Portrait of the Artist as a Kitten…Stage 2

    Okay, progress….I have a title!  Once again, I identify with cats. As promised, this picture is going to be complex with a lot of preliminary work.  Here’s the next stage:   Some of you may recognize it as the front yard of my good friends’ home in Connecticut.  I was going to search through stock…

  • Riddle Me This:

    What do this kitten: This old drawing of mine:   This geranium:   And this scene I photographed while visiting friends have in common?   I’m going to weave them all into a very complex drawing..something that’s been on my mind since I was young…but was always a little timid to try.  So, there are…

  • My Kind of Surrealism

    Okay, it’s after a rainstorm on a late afternoon in summer.  All the traffic lights are green as far as the eye can see. Enough symbolism?  Too obvious maybe? I’m not fond of making the viewer work too hard.  I feel it’s the artist’s job to be understandable.  If you want something obscure, try real…

  • The Story Behind the Ugly Photograph…

    Going home from work one night, my beloved and I waited at a traffic light.  It went green, as traffic lights do, if they’re in working order.  Not only did that light turn green-all the lights as far as the eye could see did as well.  Smooth sailing home. So, in the ugly photograph, the…

  • Ta Dah! And now for my next trick…

    “King of the Beasts” is completed.  For some reason, it seemed more interesting with parts of it left rough.  I’m not sure what, if anything, this drawing has to do with healing.  It makes people happy…maybe that’s enough. Anyway.    

  • Let’s Put It Aside. (Maybe It’ll Look Better in the Morning)

    Came to a good stopping place on “King of the Beasts”.  It’s being set aside, I’m going to look at it with a fresh eye in the morning.  It it meets approval, by me of course, I will post it.  If not, it’s back to the drawing board…literally. So…for now, I’m bringing you… AN UGLY…