Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • A Brief Interlude….

    One of the rare things happened, yes, a paying customer. A former client contacted me about a drawing for his blog. This is what I came up with. So, I’ll get back to “September 10”, tomorrow.

  • Let’s Bring it Down a Notch

    It’s been a long time since 2001, and I have a little trouble reconstructing in my mind exactly what the sunsets behind the Twin Towers looked like. So, for inspiration, I turned to Google Images, and found a picture of Manhattanhenge. That’s when the sun lines up perfectly with the streets, so the sun sets…

  • Cheerful Drawing of a Somber Subject

    I did the small color sketch of “September 10”, and as I look at it, it seems awfully cheerful.  I did put in the World Trade Center Solstice as I had planned.  It came out colorful and happy.  Maybe that’s the way it should be…we were all so innocent then, and in a few  hours,…

  • The Siren Call of a Steady Paycheck

    Despite the fact that I’m planning my debut on the streets of Manhattan, I still am looking for a steady job.  Had an interview yesterday that went well….but I am wondering if I’m giving off signals that I just don’t want to be doing this anymore.  Anyway…… Managed to get some of my little prints…

  • The Meaning of Life is Rain Puddles

    Okay, now that I’ve got your attention….. Here’s an update on “Tiger in the Jungle”. It’s coming out lower key than I intended, but I expect when I go over it with the blender, it will pop. Also, I’m at a very tedious point, the background. It would be good to listen to my iPod…

  • A Healing Peace….

    Tiger in the Jungle is coming along nicely, but not enough progress to warrant a pic at this point. As I’m working at it, I already know what my next picture will be. The anniversary of September 11 just passed. I wanted last spring to do something healing for the people affected by it, by…

  • Putting things in perspective…

    The word perspective can mean a couple of things.  First of all, the problem I had with Scraggly Weed, and getting the straight lines all wonky.  Nearly did it again on Tiger.  This time, I caught myself in time, before I really made Hannako’s face asymmetrical, and a general mess.   An eye by the nose,…

  • Maybe Life IS a Series of Overflowing Toilets….

    Yesterday, a FB friend quoted someone as saying “Life is a series of overflowing toilets”. Such negative thinking (or so I implied) compounds itself. But right now, life ain’t going so well. Just got over a case of the flu, so I’m sure that’s tainting my outlook. I’ve put a lot of things up on…

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