Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • Artistic Expression: Capturing Spring’s Colors

    Artistic Expression: Capturing Spring’s Colors

    I finally got a chance to do some artwork. There’s been a death in my family, and that keeps me otherwise occupied. Once again, I was on the train looking out the window, and saw this. It reminds me of what I used to call a “false fall”. It’s the time in early spring when…

  • Every So Often, Once in a While

    Every So Often, Once in a While

    Sometimes, I get the urge to do something experimental. No, not leaving some poor dog to starve on a gallery floor. Can you believe that? Someone actually did that. My experiments are well within the parameters of my usual style. Sometimes, they’re a success, and sometimes, damn it, they’re dismal failures: The featured picture all…

  • My Lucky Break

    My Lucky Break

    My lucky break that I missed and didn’t take. It could have been just my imagination, nothing of consequence to anybody but me. It may have been nothing of consequence, but I’m going to tell you about it anyway. One of my day jobs was working as a sales associate in the Metropolitan Museum of…

  • Up in the Air.

    Up in the Air.

    Maybe one of you can help me with this. I’m totally confused, and maybe seriously, ….er, messed up. The good news is, I got a new desktop. The bad news is, I tried to transfer the photos on my phone to the new desktop. I may have made a big mistake. I think I should…

  • I’m Hiding Something….

    I like to hide things in my artwork.  Just about everyone has seen the flowers in this one:   But did you know there’s a cat in this one? Yes, it’s a very abstract cat. I wanted to put a cat in a window in this, but decided it would take away from the subject…

  • Just what you’ve been waiting to see!

      Oooops, wrong picture…that’s my messy easel.  Let’s try it again:         Okay, not t he best photo in the world, it has a hot spot, but at least I try.  Anyway, this is the drawing that’s going into the silent auction.  If you’re in the Connecticut area May 3, stop in….lots…

  • Easy Peasy…except Richard doesn’t like peas.

    Okay, remember how I was struggling over the first “Making Peace with January”?  I went back to the idea…after first taking a more observant look at the subject matter I was planning to draw, a seagull in front of a mackerel sky.  I did the sketch in just a few minutes….easiest thing I’ve done in…

  • Sometimes, you just gotta say @&^$^ it.

    Okay, maybe it’s karma I earned for the pride I expressed in how much easier doing art is for me, now. …but I’m in a real mess with “Making Peace with January”.  After delicately laying color, it was bland and going nowhere, and I didn’t know what to do next. So, I started scribbling, and…

  • Totally clueless in New York City

    So, I’m working on “Making Peace with January”.  Repetitive work again, therefore, I must take it in small bits because 1.  It’s driving me nuts 2.  I have no idea where I’m going with this.  Did I mention that it’s driving me nuts? I’ve been having a string of nights when I can’t sleep.  I…