Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • I’ve Got a Song Going Through My Head…

    It’s this one: The Boy From New York City, The Ad Libs I’m not really showing my age…this was a Golden Oldie on the radio already, when I was in my tender tween years. But the reason it’s going through my head, is my own damn fault.  Like so many cat owners, I get all…

  • Not quite a murder

    The collective noun for crows is a murder.  I have only two here.  To be called a murder, I think it would need to have a lot more.  But, who’s counting? (I’m leaving for a moment to hang my head in shame.  Short of sleep, I resorted to the easiest form of humor, a bad…

  • Mate for Life???? Who does that anymore?

    Crows do. Some people do, too. There are probably other animals in the world who do, but this is a post about crows.  And people. Going back down memory lane, I have a few drawings that were metaphors for lifetime relationships. As my boyfriend says, “I guess we’re stuck together”   Oh, yes, the Work-In-Progress…

  • Quoth the Raven, “You’re Giving Me a Bad Rap”.

    One thing about Danbury…there’s lots of crows.  It kind of freaked me out at first, I usually associate them with death.  I also tend to, when living in NYC, associate crows as one of the only birds that would be around in the winter, to pick at garbage.  It’s not a compelling subject matter. Once…

  • Downloading……Please Wait…….

    This is the finish of ‘White Tree’.  True, not a name brimming with pizzazz and originality, but it is true.  It’s also a winter themed drawing, that may end up as a Christmas card, next year, with a more imaginative title at that time.   And so, now what’s next? Honestly, there are so many…

  • Wishing You Joy…and a Couple of Blasts from the Past.

    I know I must sound like a broken record, referring to healing art.  Simply put, when a person is down and miserable, I want to supply an antidote.  My work is unabashedly feel-good, joyous and happy.  Making it brings me out of a chronic depression….I hope viewing it makes you happier, too. So, be it.…

  • Back to Paradise….and a Work in Progress.

    As i recall, one of my first attempts at healing through art was to create drawings of various paradises.  Here’s an example of one of them Of course, like so many of my series pictures…I got totally bored with the idea before I had done too many, and quit.  Am I a quitter, then?  Maybe,…

  • Speaking of Christmas Cards…

    The below Christmas card is not mine.  I wish I could claim it, but no, it’s the creation of one of my favorite illustrators, Evynd Earle.   This is from a card that is actually for sale at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Gift Shop, where, once upon a time, I actually worked. So, since…

  • My Creation of the Day!

    Mmmmm….cookies!   Well, in all honesty…that was the more successful of my creations.  I also did a card, but it’s ehhh;   I guess, I’m tired.  😦 zzzz