Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • She sells sea shells….

    One of the nice things about not drawing to sell to the market, is that I don’t have to have a distinctive style.  So, I can do what I want, experiment, have fun, and it doesn’t matter.  I can use the technique best suited to the subject matter and make better pictures.  As you can…

  • Heaven

    For those who believe that paradise is in the sky with God. Still a valid belief.

  • Freedom!

    This is untitled, and not really paradise, unless you believe in life after death.  This is really a celebration of not creating for the market. The story goes like this: One day, on Facebook, I was lamenting that I had no ideas for a new picture.  My cousin wrote “Draw what’s outside your window”. Sometime…

  • Yellow Brick Road

    Well, despite leaving this blog unattended, I have been busy.   Here’s the latest.  Somehow, I managed to draw this on the back of a self-portrait without realizing it.   I don’t know if that makes it more or less valuable. Also accomplished today!  A cake!  Sort of decorated….I’ve got a long way to go. Well, done…

  • And back again…

    It  has been some time since I’ve posted.  My energies have been directed elsewhere.  For a while, all  hell broke loose with the staffing at my day job, and then of course, came the holidays. It seemed to me that a good way to make my job more creative is to try cake-decorating, and I…

  • Construction

    Here is the finish on “Construction”.      This was from a picture taken on my way home in the middle of summer.  Now the sky is completely dark when I stand there waiting for the elevated train. Last night from the same vantage point, I could see the lights from what was formerly Ground…

  • My Big Break

    The art reception is over, and now I’m a famous artist!  Or, not, depends on how delusional I am on any given day. The reception went well.  Turned out to be just a few friends, and we all had a nice visit. Just what I was expecting, I don’t know.  I was incredibly anxious on…

  • I’m showing!

    Today’s the day of the reception, and it’s been a busy week.  Other events have taken me away from preparations for the show….a leaky kitchen pipe, and my cat has a bad tooth. So, the show is tonight, and I’m rolling change to buy wine.  Money that I thought I’d have by today hasn’t come…

  • My Hanging

    Having nothing exciting to do on a Sunday on a holiday weekend, I figured I’d post.  Maybe there are actually some people like myself, who, sadly, have nothing better to do than browse the internet. Yesterday, I hung my show.  These things never go smoothly, but as time goes on, it gets easier.  I had…