Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • Moving right along….

    It all started with my friend suggesting I do a picture of the door in this photograph: And so, because of my life experiences at the time…..it became a picture of a vacant living space, signifying the changes we all go through in life. I meant it to be sad, more of a winsome look…

  • Back to normal…..whatever the Hell that is.

    Been a busy holiday in retail, and the whole idea of art and healing got kicked to the wayside.  Now, finally,  if the neighbors would finally take down their Christmas lights, it would be over.  Between my readings on Buddhism, and recent events in my life, the topic of change became an overwhelming force in…

  • Hold Everything!

    The Christmas rush at work is over, except for returns and after Christmas sales. So, more time to do artwork….however…. My start on the skyline didn’t interest me much once I got going. I also remembered that I told a friend that I would do a drawing of this door, next. This is a radio…

  • A Respite

    Two whole days off from a wild, emotional roller-coaster of a Christmas rush in retail. One of the aspects of the roller-coaster? The managers of the store being threatened by the family of a terminated employee. Did I say I wanted a job without drama? Anyway, the most recreational thing I can do for myself…

  • It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year….

    Unless you work in retail.  So, to all my retail working brothers and sisters in spirit, keep your chin up!  It’ll be over sooner than you know it. So, as promised, it’s after Thanksgiving, and I’ll rolling out the little Christmas cards I have done.  I’ve got to be careful here, I don’t want anyone…

  • Well, maybe it’s not so bad after all….

    I’m going to be brave and post “Grand Central, Sunday Morning”, despite my misgivings. I see some merit in it, for what it’s worth. Also, some work that I’ve hated, others have loved. So for what it’s worth. In the meantime, Grand Central Terminal is really hopping for the holiday season. It was so freaking…

  • 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…

  • For what it’s worth…here’s Grand Central Sunday Morning

    Well, I finished “Grand Central Sunday Morning”, and I’m totally dissatisified with it.  And no, I  don’t have the patience to do it again.  I realize that I have a weakness when it comes to architectual detail, such as I found out in “Sentinel”. Every so often, a group of art students gather in Grand…