Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • All Good Things

    Part of what has been going on is that I ended my relationship of 23 years.  My life has been in a bit of a disarray, so I haven’t gotten around to doing any artwork for a while.  So,  I thought, for those of you who haven’t seen them, some artwork dealing with relationships: The…

  • A Sad, Personal Note

    I haven’t posted for a while, and that’s because my cat and favorite model, Hannako, won’t be with us much longer.  My partner and I have turned our bedroom into a kitty hospice.  Of course, Hannako is a 13 year-old now, which is the average life span for an indoor cat. In case you aren’t…

  • Portrait of the Artist as a Kitten…Stage 2

    Okay, progress….I have a title!  Once again, I identify with cats. As promised, this picture is going to be complex with a lot of preliminary work.  Here’s the next stage:   Some of you may recognize it as the front yard of my good friends’ home in Connecticut.  I was going to search through stock…

  • Riddle Me This:

    What do this kitten: This old drawing of mine:   This geranium:   And this scene I photographed while visiting friends have in common?   I’m going to weave them all into a very complex drawing..something that’s been on my mind since I was young…but was always a little timid to try.  So, there are…

  • My Kind of Surrealism

    Okay, it’s after a rainstorm on a late afternoon in summer.  All the traffic lights are green as far as the eye can see. Enough symbolism?  Too obvious maybe? I’m not fond of making the viewer work too hard.  I feel it’s the artist’s job to be understandable.  If you want something obscure, try real…

  • Ta Dah! And now for my next trick…

    “King of the Beasts” is completed.  For some reason, it seemed more interesting with parts of it left rough.  I’m not sure what, if anything, this drawing has to do with healing.  It makes people happy…maybe that’s enough. Anyway.    

  • Let’s Put It Aside. (Maybe It’ll Look Better in the Morning)

    Came to a good stopping place on “King of the Beasts”.  It’s being set aside, I’m going to look at it with a fresh eye in the morning.  It it meets approval, by me of course, I will post it.  If not, it’s back to the drawing board…literally. So…for now, I’m bringing you… AN UGLY…

  • Now How the Heck Am I Going to Handle This?

    Finally got some work done on, what I shall title, “King of the Beasts”.  Here’s a work-in-progress shot.   What is it that I need to handle?  I’m working from a photograph, with the stuffed animals stopping in the image before I stop my drawing.  In other words, I have a lot of empty space…

  • No apologies…this is cute as #&@@#

    While I was visiting my brother and his wife, I was shown some of their photos.  Among them, was their kitten, Max, hidden among stuffed animals.  The colorful animals made a lively color scheme.  And of course, it had a cat.  I just had to draw it. Okay, I try to stay away from things…