Artist Stories

Stories Behind the Work

Artist Blog from Africa to Baja California Sur

Stories Behind the Work

My Artist Blog

Where I have the privilege of sharing my personal stories on growing up in Africa, solo female travel, professional athletics, and building a creative life in Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Each story offers insight (for us both) into the experiences that shape my artwork, creative process, and perspective as a contemporary artist.

Artist Stories - from Africa to Baja California Sur
Growing Up Wild: A Childhood in East Africa

Growing Up Wild: A Childhood in East Africa

|Isabel von Zastrow
This first blog is a glimpse into where it all started—hours spent alone, watching the world pass by from a car window somewhere deep in East Africa with my family....