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Treasure of Nature -an art exhibition in the Heart of Nairobis Dari Restaurant - a tranquil get away that welcomes visitors with a close 'encounter with nature'... begun on 19th May with some paintings of mine. As peacocks and deer roam in the lawns of Dari....the walls are filled with some of my landscape paintings...a thrilling exciting and humbling experience. .. .I am thankful to the Dari Team for being so kind to put up my work in their location .... I will never forget this memorable time which has already started bringing me closer to old friends, colleagues who have visited as well as opening new roads to new relationships and buyers. I feel grateful to have the support of my loving family, close friends, supporters .... Since last week I have been getting calls from people who came across my website and Facebook page that mentioned the new exhibition and want to visit. ...a personal call always makes my day !... .And have been getting messages of support encour...

During the course of the last few weeks I have been thinking about creating a painting from imagination, however inspired by the evening / sun down:                                                      6PM - oil on canvas 100 cm x 80 cm

The Nairobi Skyline was an adventure painting ........ With  a mixture of nostalgic moments remembering my childhood and also admiring with amazement the developments of the landscape and the new buildings that have come up since, recollecting the memories from boating in the lake, I created my version of the skyline without copying or replicating from photographs I have taken but applying my own imagination and memories of the place. It was a very thrilling experience creating Nairobi Skyline and was really altogether enjoyable and exciting .......... here is a snapshot of my journey through Nairobi Skyline:

... It was both exhilarating and exciting but exhausting too...meeting people is always fun... Over three weeks Talisman had 22 of my paintings displayed it felt humbling, gratifying, fulfilling and somehow overwhelming too....A dream to exhibit my  art came true. Much of my work was appreciated, people left comments. I have a lot to learn from it and take with me in my journey forward. During the three weeks the curator of the National Museum, local architects, business men  and women, hotel managers and general public had a chance to see the exhibition.  The press including The Star Magazine, Asian Weekly and Smart Choice Magazine. It was an opportunity to expand my network, make new contacts, establish new relationships and also gain better insight into how people perceive my work and  what they like most about my art. These are some of the photos from the show :   copyright of Brush & Strokes  Art on...

So I could not stop myself from painting a second one of Reconnections..... Maybe nature was just calling me!....to reconnect with it.... This was the outcome of Reconnections of Nature II: Reconnections with Nature oil on canvas 120 cm x 100 cm Watch for another post on detailed analysis of a step by step illustration of it.

Art Lovers and Art Collectors...... As the new year has begun I have been busy preparing for my upcoming solo exhibition in Nairobi.  For a chance to see my paintings live! ..... ''LANDSCAPES OF DREAMS'', will be taking place at Talisman Restaurant,Ngong Road, Karen in Nairobi Kenya in 3 weeks, from 16 March to 3 April 2016, Tuesday to Sunday 8 am - 12 am. Through this exhibition you will be taken on a visual journey that explores different angles of viewing ‘dreams’, in the context of the self and the natural world. The aim of this exhibition is to express the combination of visions I see through dreams, my imagination and memories, but also highlight the need to reconnect and protect the natural world.  Be sure to join me for this new exhibition that is very different from any I have done before.  I use real life examples of the natural world to emphasize the need to preserve and protect nature while simultaneously examining the notions of sel...

Happy New Year!... Thank you to every one of you who has been part of my 2015...I look forward to more memories, adventures and art with all of you!... It was really a super year and hoping the next is even better!..thanks to all my supporters, friends, readers and art enthusiasts who made 2015 a fulfilling year!... The year could not have ended on a better note.... I was asked to conduct an art workshop for a local Childrens Home in the suburban area of Nairobi  on 27 December. It really was something I had always wanted to do. It was really a pleasure to conduct it, engage with the children and involve them hands on. Many of them had already studied some art in school which made it easier. The children varied from age 7 to 18. I was absolutely thrilled to see their enthusiasm to participate. I divided them into groups based on age and asked them to paint based on a particular subject matter eg. sea world, landscape, environment and nature, health and fitness. I had an a...