Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • Which is more awesome?

    I’m getting started on the 5×7 layout for the Grand Central Station pic. Don’t have a title for it yet. I have a black and white pencil outline, and I’m contemplating the color scheme. Since sunlight is such a big player in this picture, I have to decide how best to express that. Then there’s…

  • How Do You Make a Sunset Gloomy?

    I guess “Sundown, September 10” is destined to be a cheerful picture. I really didn’t know how to make it gloomy, and yet be a true picture. I could have made it cloudy, but that wasn’t the idea. It was meant to celebrate a happier time, and as a memorial. So, here is “Sundown, September…

  • Back to the Grind….

    Well, break’s over. I am soon to start a paying job. I still plan to have a both on the street somewhere, but not the same investment in time as I had thought, at least for now. If it becomes really profitable to do so, I’ll reevalutate later. But for now, a steady paycheck, and…

  • We Were Alll Healers

    In the aftermath of 9/11, with exception of hate mongering towards innocent Muslims, and some scammers, we all set about healing. I worked in Grand Central Terminal in the market at the time, and I noticed the difference in the customers’ attitudes. Whereas before, they would be distant and sometimes picky, now they seemed to…

  • Let’s Bring it Down a Notch

    It’s been a long time since 2001, and I have a little trouble reconstructing in my mind exactly what the sunsets behind the Twin Towers looked like. So, for inspiration, I turned to Google Images, and found a picture of Manhattanhenge. That’s when the sun lines up perfectly with the streets, so the sun sets…

  • Cheerful Drawing of a Somber Subject

    I did the small color sketch of “September 10”, and as I look at it, it seems awfully cheerful.  I did put in the World Trade Center Solstice as I had planned.  It came out colorful and happy.  Maybe that’s the way it should be…we were all so innocent then, and in a few  hours,…

  • The Siren Call of a Steady Paycheck

    Despite the fact that I’m planning my debut on the streets of Manhattan, I still am looking for a steady job.  Had an interview yesterday that went well….but I am wondering if I’m giving off signals that I just don’t want to be doing this anymore.  Anyway…… Managed to get some of my little prints…

  • The Meaning of Life is Rain Puddles

    Okay, now that I’ve got your attention….. Here’s an update on “Tiger in the Jungle”. It’s coming out lower key than I intended, but I expect when I go over it with the blender, it will pop. Also, I’m at a very tedious point, the background. It would be good to listen to my iPod…

  • A Healing Peace….

    Tiger in the Jungle is coming along nicely, but not enough progress to warrant a pic at this point. As I’m working at it, I already know what my next picture will be. The anniversary of September 11 just passed. I wanted last spring to do something healing for the people affected by it, by…