Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • I have conquered the monster!

    Finally, I have done a version of the Manhattan skyline at dusk that I think I can live with.   At least well enough.  Now, I can go to my grave a satisfied person. Now what?   Christmas is coming, and I’m getting ready for the fair.  That’s my focus for now, getting merchandise ready…

  • It Mocks Me!

    It happens every year about this time…the view from my living room window mocks me.  The leaves fall, revealing one of the most beautiful, famous scenes anywhere.  Something I’ve tried and tried again to capture.  The Manhattan skyline. It mocks me. Some of my failures:     I must do this scene justice before I…

  • If an artist draws in the forest, and there’s nobody to see, is it art?

    Work is coming along on “Floral Overload”.  Right now, there’s not enough further progress to show a work-in-progress.  Nothing new to show, so I’ll show something old. Something very old…from high school.  I eventually did a very large version as a mural for the school I attended. Truth is, I’m feeling stuck.  I need to…

  • Monday Morning coming down…

    Happy New Week, my friends Here’s the sketch for this picture that I don’t have a title for yet.  You can get an idea of the whole lost and found lines and color blocks.  I may get a chance to work on the large version today, but like most people….today I go to my day…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • What the Hell do you think this is????????????? Grand Central Station?

    Somewhere, in my childhood, a teacher chided us like that.   So indeed, Grand Central Station is usually filled with noisy crowds. I’m working from a photo I took when the station wasn’t that crowded…..a Saturday morning.   Grand Central Station is mostly marble and stone.   So, one tends to think in terms of grays, and whites,…

  • All together now!

    As I’ve started this drawing of Grand Central Terminal, another memory of September 11 came to mind.   As many people were  reported missing, posters went up all over looking for missing loved ones.  Eventually, the Terminal put up a wall, at first as a place  to post searches, and unfortunately, it became a memorial.  On…