Isa's Journal and Studio Blog

Paper Pusher

Paper Pusher

I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means.” –...
Gifts in Kind

Gifts in Kind

Every year I write a letter to our kids and then adapt it to a blog post. Here's the 2022...
hawthorn berries

Gratitude

When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.- John...
bright redish pink flower with views from Wayqecha Cloud Forest Research Station

Letter from Peru

"Conservation is sometimes perceived as stopping everything cold, as holding whooping cranes in higher esteem than people. It is up...
Rate of Reveal

Rate of Reveal

I chase light like I chase color, and the Fall light in the Colorado Rockies is my favorite. I try...
The Power of Three

The Power of Three

Reflections on Isa Catto Studio's Third Year in Business. Hot Air Transport A year ago, my family crawled into a...
Taking Up Residents

Taking Up Residents

CELEBRATING THE ASPEN WORDS WRITERS IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM- The importance of supporting the creative process Attending the Aspen Words Book Ball...
artist demonstrating pine cone scales laid across a figurine

Common Currency

“Our life is a faint tracing on the surface of mystery, like the idle curved tunnels of leaf miners on...
Wraparound Style

Wraparound Style

Seventies style celebrated the elegance of the wrap. Diane von Furstenburg launched her classic wrap dress, bohemian lasses wore long,...
Pablo Picasso painting of two hands holding bouquet of flowers

Seriously, Why Watercolor?

Watercolor is underrated. It's a medium linked to hobbyists, children, Prince Charles, and retirees. And me. I used to paint...
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