FEATURED SERIES
MT. KENYA AND THE SAVANNAHS OF KILIMANJARO
The Kenya series forms the centre of this body of work, developed through sustained field research across environments ranging from the forests and alpine slopes of Mount Kenya to the savannahs beneath Kilimanjaro.
Created alongside a documentary film project in March 2026, the paintings emerged through conversations and collaborations with mountain guides, Maasai representatives, conservationists and sustainable farmers, as well as visits to Nairobi's contemporary art community at Circle Art Gallery, the African Arts Trust and Mlango Farm - an artist-led permaculture project exploring creativity, ecology and community.
Together, these encounters reveal a landscape understood not only through its geology and wildlife, but through the people who live, work and create within it. The resulting paintings seek to reflect the light, colour and cultural narratives of Kenya's sacred landscapes.
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ABOUT THIS WORK
These paintings explore the relationship between land, resilience, and cultural memory within changing environments.
Developed through direct observation and extended time in specific locations, the works move between documentation and reflection - shaped as much by experience as by memory.
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COLLECTION AND AVAILABILITY
Selected works are released following exhibitions, with further works available through gallery representation.
New works are released in conjunction with exhibitions and shared with collectors in advance of public presentation.
This body of work is part of an ongoing project combining painting and documentary film developed during field research in East Africa.
PROJECTS:
In 2017, Peter Kettle travelled to the Welsh settlers first point of contact, Puerto Madryn, and onto the welsh heritage towns of Trelew and Gaimon and the extraordinary coastline of the Peninsula Valdes. The immediate response was the expansive arid deserts, and what the Welsh settlers must have thought when they first arrived; how they were going to start a new life here. Kettle painted and documented the journey in a collection of paintings and sketches titled
In May of 2023-24, Peter travelled to Japan to explore how the people of Japan honour the land through pilgrimage. Over the course of 3 weeks with his roll of canvas, easel and companions, Peter travelled to the northern island of Hokkaido and mainland Honshu to explore Japan's tribal roots, its myriad of heritage sites and to climb Japan's revered volcanoes and landscapes nicknamed 'the playground of the Gods'. Peter was awarded the Daiwa-Anglo Foundation grant. Paintings from Japan can be seen here
April 2019, Peter Kettle travelled to Nepal to hike to Everest Basecamp. British Artist, Peter Kettle, collected litter throughout a 14-day climb to Everest Basecamp, to be recycled into ‘enpleinair’ (painting at the scene) 0il and collage paintings. With a large canvas roll strapped to his back, battling sub-zero temperatures and high altitude conditions. The aim of the project was to present and honour the landscape artistically; but also draw attention to growing concerns regarding waste management in the Himalayas. See the project here