Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • 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,…

  • My Hanging

    Having nothing exciting to do on a Sunday on a holiday weekend, I figured I’d post.  Maybe there are actually some people like myself, who, sadly, have nothing better to do than browse the internet. Yesterday, I hung my show.  These things never go smoothly, but as time goes on, it gets easier.  I had…

  • Help Wanted: An Inventor

    For sometime, I’ve been looking for the perfect art supply.  It can take images in my mind, project them directly from my eyes, and develop the picture on the paper, with absolutely no handiwork from me.  If you can come up with it, I guarantee you’ll make a fortune. But since that doesn’t exist at…

  • Breaking the Rules

    Sometimes, in both life and in art, you have to say “screw it” to all the rules you know. Actually, I can’t think of a good example of life, at the moment, but I’m sure others have. I have always relied on a limited palette to hold together a composition.  Then I was faced with…