Isa's Journal and Studio Blog

small detail from Isa collage handy man

Conspicuous Consumption

This year I want to create more, and consume less. I am a somewhat reformed magpie in terms of material...
variety of pink, white, and purple flowers

Artist Statement for the Art Base show

My peony hedge. My sister Heather was, among many things, a disciplined thinker and a writer. She was a poet,...
large art piece at the cllyfford still museum in Denver

Abstract Notion, abstract nation

The Clyfford Still Museum in Denver, Colorado. Our nation is, without question, an angry and divided one. This state of...
watercolor pieces on the wall

One Thousand

"One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her...
Isa's sister heather as a child

Soul Sister

Getting Bunny ears right before getting into my wedding dress. "You will lose someone you can’t live without, and your...
red dirt path with purple flowers

Flower Stalker

Rocky Mountain Penstemon I am a wildflower stalker, albeit a haphazard one. My dedication falters when learning proper nomenclature. My...
ibex sketches and watercolor

Beast of Burden

“They are all beasts of burden in a sense, ' Thoreau once remarked of animals, 'made to carry some portion...
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...
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