Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • It’s Raining In New York

    As well as raining here. My friend just asked me the other day if I regretted moving from NYC  to Connecticut.  Truth is, I don’t.  I think I already went into how I remember the romance and excitement of the City, but not the humdrum stress.  Like the idea of New York City in the…

  • Turn, Turn, Turn

    There was  a song big in the sixties, during the folk music era.  The lyric went something like this; To everything, turn turn turn…there is a season, turn turn turn, and a time to every purpose under heaven. Some of you, I know, remember this song.  Some of you, will remember it because your parents…

  • Almost Paradise

    I’ve been away for a while…lots of upheaval in my personal life, some good, some bad.  I’ve started a new day job, which means, until I’m settled in it, I don’t have the energy for artwork.  Money is nice, but in the meantime, spring is rapidly running away from me.  There’s always next year, at…

  • May Day! May Day!

    So, it’s the first day of May.  Spring has finally gotten here, and May is my favorite month. November is my least liked month, but that’s another story.  And so it goes. In my personal life, I’m about to lose the woman I think of as my mother-in-law.  She will transition in a few days…

  • The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring..Tra la

    So, in the time that I so looked forward to, spring, I’m stuck with a stubborn case of artist’s block.  You’d think, with all the time off I’ve had, I’d be fruitful as fruitflies.  I’ve made attempts, but nothing that I’m excited about..at least excited enough to do the hard work behind doing a drawing. …

  • Damn! Damn! And Damn Again!

    I seem to not be having much success with my artwork these days.  First the dogs, and now this.  My Welcome to Spring piece is not up to my somewhat perfectionist standards.  Grrr. So,while I rethink this, I will share with you a spring drawing I made a few years, back when I lived in…

  • Who Let the Dogs Out?

      I’m going to have to put the dog project on the back burner.  The opportunity at the veterinarian hospital seems to be dead in the water.  I may yet be called back, but I’m tired of the run around I seem to be getting.  Pffft. What season is this?  It was 82 degrees Friday,…

  • Give My Regards to Broadway

    Yesterday was the opening of the Pet Art Show, at the Bott Shoppe in Mamaroneck, NY.  If you’re interested in seeing the show, the address is 172 East Boston Post Road.  Besides the show, the Bott Shoppe, has an art studio, classes and art related items in its store.  If you are in the area,…

  • Not to be Trusted

    “I’m suspicious of people who don’t like dogs, but I trust a dog when it doesn’t like a person.” Thanks Bill Murray.  Or Mark Twain.  Or whoever said this originally.  It doesn’t say much for my character. Dogs have a funny reaction to me.  Some absolutely love me, some whimper and cry as if I’m…