Anahata Joy Katkin

PAPAYA co-founder Anahata Joy Katkin developed her passion for the arts by trial-and-error discovery. She creates original paintings, drawings, and mixed-media pieces and has woven a heart-centered landscape of offbeat muses and vivid illustrations that compose PAPAYA's signature aesthetic. "I love the place where pretty and gritty meet. Where flowers, faces, and ink run together. I am endlessly inspired by repeating themes of plants, travel, the Victorian era, folk arts, Asian influences, and female faces. I believe in working from impulse to impulse and answering to an intuitive process. I make artwork for myself and then weave pieces into our PAPAYA and FIREWEED collections alongside our talented in-house design team." — Anahata Joy Katkin