Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • Goodbye skyline

    I’m still working on the newest paradise picture.  I’ve come to a spot where I’m kind of stuck, but it will work out.  I’m not at my brightest…maybe spring fever? At any rate, I’ve lost my view of the skyline.  It happens every year about this time. The beautiful old sycamore out front get its…

  • A Work in Progress

    I thought I’d show a drawing in the process of being done.  Here, I am taking subject matter from a photograph, and interpreting it.  I’m reducing the light and shadow in the photo to an interpretive design.  The action is spontaneous, I don’t plan what I’m going to do.  This keeps me fresher, and more…

  • Took some time off

      One thing that happens on occasion, is that depression gets the better of me.  I had some stresses that built up.  I’m feeling better to handle all that now. In the meantime, I did another piece in the paradise series. I’m debating to keep making these small, or to try to make one a…

  • Another drawing

        I imagine it would not be possible to not mention the passing of Thomas Kinkaide.  He was a very skilled artist who marketed his work well.  His work is meaningful to a lot of people, and for all of the talk of his work being saccharin, he certainly contributed to the lives of…

  • What a waste of time!

      Having the website down has been distracting me from getting any art done. It’s frustrating and slow, mainly because I just did it!  I’m waiting for a refund for the software I used before.   It’s been a beautiful spring day.  I should be out collecting material for the Paradise series, but that’s a…

  • About another artist

    I’d like to talk a bit about another artist…not a friend, I promise, I never met the man. I have a habit of browsing the completed auctions on eBay.  It’s partly to see what actually sells, and also, because I just like looking at art. One of the artists I see a lot of there,…

  • Back to work and healing art

    It’s been a crazy few months since I posted here…holidays, commissions, some personal letdowns and pick-me-ups.  So I’m getting back on target. As I recall, I was working on “Almost Home”. I have completed this and have gone onto other projects.  Here’s the finish on “Almost Home”   I  have thought a lot more about…

  • September 11 Anniversary

    Artist on Ground Zero On this anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, I thought I’d share this video of an artist who painted pictures at Ground Zero.

  • A little self-healing time

    I am, at the moment, clinically depressed.  I know art can’t restore an imbalance in serotonin, so while I wait for my medication to work, I decided to do a little work just for fun. The thought was to just do a picture of a garden, with no particular plan.  I decided to add interest…