From Kenya To The UK - Catch Up With Crazy About Kenya Artist, Shake Makelele...

Determining The Future (c) Shake Maklele

This week we're coming at ya all the way from the wildlife capital! Artist Shake Makelele is one of our Crazy About Kenya partners and he's about to leave his home in Taita Taveta county to exhibit in the UK.  A Royal Overseas League scholarship award winner, Shake has been invited to share his artworks at London's OXO Tower from 06-23 October (details below).  Entry to the exhibition is free, but if you can't wait until then, here's a taster of his talent on the blog!

Up for a 2011 Travolution award under the category of Best Travel Information Website, Crazy About Kenya features a list of the top ten reserves and gives you an insight into the wildlife capital from the Kenyan perspective.  

You can find out more about Shake's favourite safari hang out, inspirational locations and hip and happening Nairobi on the star studded URL.

Shadows Of Dawn (c) Shake Makelele

The Uprising (c) Shake Makelele

The Sisters (c) Shake Makelele

Cross Border Traders (c) Shake Makelele

Natural Blossom (c) Shake Makelele

Shake Makelele will be exhibiting at the Royal Overseas League Annual Scholars Exhibition 2011, to be held at London’s OXO Tower (gallery@oxo, Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Street, South Bank, London SE1 9PH) from 06-23 October (open daily, from 11am-6pm). The exhibition is an international showcase for artists from all over the commonwealth, all of whom have undertaken a month long residency at the Patrick Allen Fraser Foundation, Hospitalfield in Arbroath, Scotland. For more information visit Royal overseas league; email culture@rosl.org.uk; or click through to www.roslarts.org.uk.