Isa's Journal and Studio Blog

linda pagan of the hat shop

Hat Lady

In a hat in the cyclades. I was eleven. I have different hats; I'm a mother, I'm a woman, I'm...
vegetable garden on Google campus

Googlemania

Google bike. "The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless." Jean Jacques Rousseau My kids...
wolf mask sketch in notebook

Performance Anxiety

Egypt in Aspen. It seems I am still doing homework. When I was in elementary school, my parents never went...
Juan Felipe Herrera

Juan Felipe Herrera

Our son and Juan Felipe Herrera on stage at the Paepke Auditorium on the Aspen Institute Campus. Photo credit: Will...
large pink flower bloom

Flower Child

"Just living is not enough....one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower." Hans Christian Andersen Papaver orientalis in the...
jason pollock piece at museum of modern art

One World is Enough

- Pablo Picasso at the Museum of Modern Art "I don’t believe in influence. I think that in order to...
November Giveaway: Bringing Potlatch Back

November Giveaway: Bringing Potlatch Back

Win this print starting November 16th, 2015! I have been rereading Lewis Hyde’s The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in...
patch of wild yellow flowers surrounded by mountains

Falling Back

Cathedral Lake in the Hunter Fryingpan Wilderness Fall brings freedom. School is back in session, and I can return to...
jody guralnick floral cups

Jody Guralnick

One of the advantages of being an artist is knowing scores of other artists and their work. In this world...
Overlooking the Catch and Release residency

A Small Salute to Artist Residencies

Overlooking the Catch and Release residency. I avoid the term "bucket list. " It's just too hackneyed and the word...
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