Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • As a Crow Flies, Revised

    You know, the latest “As the Crow Flies”, in person, has a nice stark minimalist air to it,much like a white-out snowstorm.  Online, that gets lost.  Since most of my work is seen online, I decided to change it and make it more finished looking.  So, once again, “As the Crow Flies”

  • Hurray! I Got Rejected!

    I finally bit the bullet, and sent out an application to a gallery.  I got a polite note back, saying my work was not a fit for the gallery.  Also, the note said, that my information would be kept on file, in case there was a change. (Yeah, right?) So, why “Hurray!”?  I’m celebrating that…

  • Paradise Regained

    Er, Ump..sometimes I don’t know how to start.  All the coffee in the world doesn’t help.  Which reminds me, it’s time for another cup. Anyway, between getting ready for the show, and doing my household chores (yes, I really do do some), I did some art. Now talking about Paradise, you know the whole thing,…

  • A Winter’s Tale…

    This winter has been devoted to greeting cards, and gifts.  With my lack of energy in the winter, I’ve had a hard time being able to tackle much in the way of creative work.  Part of my brain hibernates, I swear, and lies dormant until March. Looking at my previous winter’s output, there a lot…

  • Speaking of Bob Ross…

    As I was working on “Sunday’s Stream of Consciousness”, Dearly Beloved looked at it, and said “You’re no Bob Ross”.  I wasn’t sure what he meant by that, good or bad.  Turns out he meant my trees are not happy, although they do have friends…. So, here it is, a drawing done nearly spontaneously with…

  • Throwing Away My Art Training

    As I start this drawing, I’m reminded of the words my teachers would say to me.  “Don’t draw every leaf.  Make a pattern of the light and shadow of the foliage, and just give a hint of texture”.  Okay, yes, that makes for wonderful landscapes.  However, what if I do want to draw every blessed…

  • Words Fail Me

    I’ve been working on a drawing.  First version, I tried to do completely from imagination, and that turned out to be doomed to the trash can.  I should know better by now, that I need good reference pictures to do something believable. Then, good references in hand, I redid the drawing.  This time, I was…

  • The Worst of 2016….and Moving Forward…

    I’m still a little groggy this morning.  I stayed up until midnight to see the ball drop in Time Square.  Makes me think, all the years I lived in New York City, and close proximity, I never made good on my intention to go to New Years in Times Square.  I think the lack of…

  • Flourishing, not Surving

    So, as I think about getting through the winter once again, I remind myself that certain species do very well in the cold, dark time of year. It used to be that in Connecticut, there were all sorts of winter birds.  There were titmice, chickadees, and lots of cardinals.  I’m not sure where they are…