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A young rhino’s face emerges with tender curiosity, its features rendered in soft creams and greys against a richly layered background of burnt oranges, deep reds, and muted golds. The textured surface of the mixed media adds depth and warmth, creating a sense of the animal’s presence emerging from or dissolving into the landscape. It’s an intimate portrait that captures a moment of quiet wonder — the rhino’s particular gaze holding both innocence and the weight of its uncertain future.
Katie Simpson is a Kenyan painter whose work is an act of witness to the animals, landscapes, and fragile ecologies that shaped her from childhood. Combining ancient techniques with contemporary paint effects, she gives pigments freedom to roam the canvas,  capturing wildlife in fleeting, abstracted moments that feel both luminous and urgent. Trained at Charles H. Cecil Studios in Florence and created in her Nanyuki studio, her work is driven by a deep belief in the fragility of the natural world  and the power of colour to bear witness to it.
