Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • Insert Something Insightful, here.

    I honestly was trying to come up with a good title, and nothing came to mind.  I got to thinking about how my timeline on Facebook is loaded with insightful messages, that are pretty repetitive and useless.  You know them, the inspirational ones, with backgrounds of sunsets, seashores and nature in general.  So, I decided…

  • Having said all that…

    Yes, it’s been a while.  Topsy Turvy winter into spring…kind of chaotic, don’t want to go there. But still, I’ve had a revelation, I’m more a healer than an artist.  So, I’m going to start my Reiki practice again. But no, I’m not giving up art.  It means so much to me, and to many…

  • Long Time…No See….or did I use this title already?

    I haven’t posted in a while, because of turbulent times in my personal life.  I’ve been laid off from one day job, and I’m starting another. We went for a few days in snowy weather without heat in the condo complex.  And generally, my creativity quotient has been at zero. But in that time, a…

  • Minimalist? Or Bleak?

    So, I finished the drawing of the snowstorm.  Snowstorms are bleak by nature, and I punched it up adding pastel colors instead of dull gray.  I added a child’s figure for interest. But I’m not sure, and it’s too soon for me to judge, if it’s just too minimal. Anyway, bleak fits my mood right…

  • Snow Days

    I, like most residents of the East Coast, got socked in by the snow.  Darkness or low barometer, I don’t know, but I had little or no energy.  I did not much of anything, either artwise or housework wise. I decided to do little OSWOA, or Other Small Works of Art, since I am running…

  • Yay! Snow!

    Snow is in the forecast for today.  We’re not to get hit as hard as if we were still in New York City, but still a sizable amount.  It’s good day to stay inside and do artwork…as if that wasn’t what I’ve been doing for the past week anyway.  Ah, I love the snow.  It’s…

  • What the Heck!

    Okay, here it is:  It’s string, it’s a cat.  It’s the finish of “String Theory, According to Cats”.     This is a portrait of one of my pets who has crossed the Rainbow Bridge.  Her name was Kathy. Anyway, I had a rough night…and I find drawing cats to be soothing.  So, what the…

  • When in Doubt….

    Draw a cat!  Cats are fun to draw, and certainly people pleasing art.  It’s a win/win! However, why not dogs? When I was working in the LaGuardia Airport branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Gift Shop, we had a display of cat items.  Notepads, notecard, notebooks, everything of note.  A customer came in, said…

  • I Need a Hobby

    I remember a discussion online by a few professional artists, that when you do artwork all the time,it becomes work….and you need an actual hobby to take a break from it.  I never thought that would happen to me, but cooped up in the apartment for a week without doing much but drawing, is not…