Our guest speaker in April GM, artist Quentin Allen, talking about Waterfalls of Zambia and Trees around Lusaka. Quentin Allen has lived in Zambia since the age of 2, being born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
He studied art at The Camberwell College of Arts in London. He then returned to Zambia and worked in Kitwe with ZAL Holdings. He first started working as a silversmith and jeweler. Quentin then diverted his interest from being a silversmith towards painting. He is an avid hiker filling numerous diaries with landscape sketches, then converting them into large paintings in his studio.
He has illustrated three books, one of them in collaboration with Kew Gardens. He is also co-author on two volumes of the "Guide to Little-known Waterfalls of Zambia".
Quentin's specialty has been the waterfalls of Zambia, and his paintings prestigiously hang in homes worldwide. His is also known for his famous baobab tree paintings. After his speech we spent the rest of the meeting enjoying his works.
