Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • Going once……

    A while back, some of you may remember me doing a drawing of an MS Bike Race for the MS Society of Connecticut’s silent auction.  To refresh your memory:   My good friend, Greg, put a bid on it….and I supposed that would be the only bid I’d get.  But no!  Greg was outbid.  I…

  • Wow, that was fast……..

    Unexpectedly, my Christmas/Yule/Channukah card project got me invigorated again. Instead of the dreary Christmas rush I face in December most years, and the empty holidays, I suddenly found a rush of how, as a child, I used to view Christmas. It was a secular holiday for us, and my mother had a bit of a…

  • What the Hell do you think this is????????????? Grand Central Station?

    Somewhere, in my childhood, a teacher chided us like that.   So indeed, Grand Central Station is usually filled with noisy crowds. I’m working from a photo I took when the station wasn’t that crowded…..a Saturday morning.   Grand Central Station is mostly marble and stone.   So, one tends to think in terms of grays, and whites,…

  • All together now!

    As I’ve started this drawing of Grand Central Terminal, another memory of September 11 came to mind.   As many people were  reported missing, posters went up all over looking for missing loved ones.  Eventually, the Terminal put up a wall, at first as a place  to post searches, and unfortunately, it became a memorial.  On…

  • Which is more awesome?

    I’m getting started on the 5×7 layout for the Grand Central Station pic. Don’t have a title for it yet. I have a black and white pencil outline, and I’m contemplating the color scheme. Since sunlight is such a big player in this picture, I have to decide how best to express that. Then there’s…

  • How Do You Make a Sunset Gloomy?

    I guess “Sundown, September 10” is destined to be a cheerful picture. I really didn’t know how to make it gloomy, and yet be a true picture. I could have made it cloudy, but that wasn’t the idea. It was meant to celebrate a happier time, and as a memorial. So, here is “Sundown, September…

  • Back to the Grind….

    Well, break’s over. I am soon to start a paying job. I still plan to have a both on the street somewhere, but not the same investment in time as I had thought, at least for now. If it becomes really profitable to do so, I’ll reevalutate later. But for now, a steady paycheck, and…

  • We Were Alll Healers

    In the aftermath of 9/11, with exception of hate mongering towards innocent Muslims, and some scammers, we all set about healing. I worked in Grand Central Terminal in the market at the time, and I noticed the difference in the customers’ attitudes. Whereas before, they would be distant and sometimes picky, now they seemed to…

  • 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…