Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • Have Yourself a Merry, Little….thanksgiving

    Yes, I’ve been working on cards.  Thanksgiving is coming with the whole conflicting attitude…on one hand, the original Thanksgiving story, and the fate of the Native Americans.  That’s especially poignant this year, with the protests of the Dakota Pipeline. However, the idea of a day to count the good we have in our lives, and…

  • I Mean, REALLY, Now….

    I’m working on items for the Winter Boutique again, but this time, a little better rested.  So, for serious..here’s the first Holiday Card I’ve done…5 by 7 inches.  It’s pretty neutral in the way it presents a holiday.  It can be either Christmas or Pagan Yule.  I’m going to try to stick with as many…

  • For those of you in Connecticut and nearby areas…

    I said I’m going to put drawings in the Redding, Connecticut show for the benefit of the Mark Twain Library.  Well, I’m not.  I realized that by the time I bought frames, paid the fee and donated a piece, I’d be out several dollars.  I figured I’d get more bang for my buck to get…

  • To the Rescue

    While I was searching through my artwork, deciding what to enter in the show…I came across a drawing I had done in the very late winter, in the March mud.  At the time, I wasn’t sure if I could even draw anything that remotely looked like a landscape.  I had put the drawing aside, thinking…

  • Long Time…No See….or did I use this title already?

    I haven’t posted in a while, because of turbulent times in my personal life.  I’ve been laid off from one day job, and I’m starting another. We went for a few days in snowy weather without heat in the condo complex.  And generally, my creativity quotient has been at zero. But in that time, a…

  • Minimalist? Or Bleak?

    So, I finished the drawing of the snowstorm.  Snowstorms are bleak by nature, and I punched it up adding pastel colors instead of dull gray.  I added a child’s figure for interest. But I’m not sure, and it’s too soon for me to judge, if it’s just too minimal. Anyway, bleak fits my mood right…

  • Snow Days

    I, like most residents of the East Coast, got socked in by the snow.  Darkness or low barometer, I don’t know, but I had little or no energy.  I did not much of anything, either artwise or housework wise. I decided to do little OSWOA, or Other Small Works of Art, since I am running…

  • What is Paradise?

    Darned if I know…. It’s just in this environment, wondering what I can draw that is upbeat and inspiring to people, I come back to my old idea of Paradise. It’s just that I don’t work well from imagination alone.  I need some hard copy to ground me, to elaborate on, and interpret.  Sometimes, I…

  • Mate for Life???? Who does that anymore?

    Crows do. Some people do, too. There are probably other animals in the world who do, but this is a post about crows.  And people. Going back down memory lane, I have a few drawings that were metaphors for lifetime relationships. As my boyfriend says, “I guess we’re stuck together”   Oh, yes, the Work-In-Progress…