Julia Cassels

JULIA CASSELS

The eyes never forget what the heart has seen. African proverb

Having lived in Zambia and Tanzania for several years, a part of my heart has always remained in Africa. The chance to return – this time to Kenya as Artist in Residence with The Safari Series to the beautiful Lolldaiga Conservancy in Laikipia – was unbelievably exciting.

Lolldaiga Conservancy is utterly magical, cradled among folding hills and situated just northwest of Mount Kenya and the Aberdares. Its breathtaking landscapes of cedar forests, open savannah, rolling grasslands, riverine glades, and lakes – not to mention its wonderfully rich wildlife – are an artist’s dream. It was also my home for the first three months of the year.

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Siesta

Watercolour on paper

50 × 70 cm

£2,800

This exhibition, Kenya & Beyond, is the culmination of my time at Lolldaiga and later along Kenya’s coast. Sketches, studies, and memories have been translated into paintings. I am deeply grateful to Moon and Ed Hough, owners of The Safari Series, for their incredible generosity and for offering me this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I only hope I have done it justice.

Julia Cassels, 2025

With grateful thanks to Aardvark Safaris for sponsoring the exhibition

CRICKET FINE ART

requests the pleasure of your company at the

JULIA CASSELS

Exhibition dates: 5th - 21st November 2025 6 – 8pm at 2 Park Walk, London SW 10 0 AD Tuesday 4th November

Paintings are for sale on receipt of this catalogue The entire exhibition can be viewed online at www.cricketfineart.co.uk

Watercolour on paper

27.5 × 37.5 cm

£980

Roller

Watercolour on paper

27.5 × 37.5 cm

£980

Watercolour on paper

27.5 × 37.5 cm

£980

Watercolour on paper

27.5 × 37.5 cm

£980

Watercolour on paper

70 × 50 cm

£2,800

Watching

Watercolour on paper

45 × 33.5 cm

£1,200

Towards the Village Watercolour on paper

32 × 48 cm

£1,200

100% of the proceeds will be donated to the School Lunches Programme at Makurian Primary School, on the northern border of the Lolldaiga Hills.

The programme feeds 60 + children daily, aged 3-13 years. One term of lunches for 300 children costs £450 (that’s 15,000 lunches at 33p per lunch for the whole term).

Waiting

Watercolour on paper

45 × 33.5 cm

£1,200

Looking Right

Watercolour on paper

100 × 64 cm

£4,400

Mount Kenya, Early Morning

Watercolour on paper

30 × 52 cm

£1,100

Lionesses

Watercolour on paper

36 × 53 cm

£1,200

Watercolour on paper

50 × 70 cm

£2,800

Watercolour on paper

25 × 35 cm

£890

Watercolour on paper

44.5 × 34.5 cm

£1,100

Watercolour on paper

44.5 × 34.5 cm

£1,100

Watercolour on paper

25 × 35 cm

£890

Watercolour on paper

50 × 70 cm

£2,800

Watercolour on paper

50 × 70 cm

£2,800

Watercolour on paper

35 × 50 cm

£1,200

Watercolour on paper

33 × 50 cm

£1,100

Oil on canvas

30.5 × 25.5 cm

£990

Watercolour on paper

42 × 27 cm

£1,100

‘I am hugely grateful to Aardvark Safaris for so generously sponsoring Kenya & Beyond. We share a collective passion for Africa and the important work that Aardvark do with communities and projects, ensuring wildlife continues to thrive for future generations.

Please scan the QR code opposite to read more about my Art Residency in my blog for Aardvark Safaris.’

Julia’s real artistic journey began in Kenya. In her early 20s, she left behind a career in advertising and PR to work with the Maasai in the heart of Kenya’s Rift Valley. Immersed in the rhythms, colours and light of Africa, she found lasting inspiration – not only in the wildlife and people, but the landscape too. These experiences continue to form the foundation of her work.

Julia later went on to spend time in Zambia’s Luangwa National Park, where she honed her skills of observation – essential to capturing the spirit of the natural world – and it was here that she developed her lightness of touch that now characterises her distinctive style, in both watercolours and oil.

‘I am never more at home than painting en plein air in the African Bush – sketchbook in hand, the landscape in front of me, working freely, capturing the moment with swift fluid strokes of pencil and brush.’

Now based in Hampshire, England, Julia paints from her studio at home. She runs art courses and workshops and leads painting holidays both in the UK and abroad.

Julia’s work is held in collections worldwide, and in 2025 she was awarded The Elizabeth Hosking Watercolour Award at the prestigious David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year.

This is Julia’s fifth solo show with Cricket Fine Art.