Artworks

A living gallery where art and everyday life meet.

Hemingways Eden Residence is home to a thoughtfully curated private collection of original works by the Trzebinski family. Their practice is rooted in storytelling, expression, and a deep sense of place. Throughout the residence, you’ll find bold canvases, fine works on paper, bronze sculptures, and delicate hand-formed ceramics, turning every corner into a conversation with creativity.

Tonio’s artworks

Born in Kenya and trained at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, Tonio Trzebinski (1960- 2001) was initially influenced by figurative realism. Upon returning to Kenya (1988), a period of experimentation with media and techniques followed in search for his artistic identity. Trzebinski moved towards abstraction but seemed frustrated with its “limitations,” and three-dimensional elements appeared in his works, which often dealt with death and decay in nature.

In his later works, Trzebinski reached back to figurative and representational painting. He investigated the subject of the head through “re-inventing” highly expressionistic versions of the head, utilising violent and textural brushstrokes.

Stanislaw’s artworks

Cape Town-based, Kenyan-born artist Stanislaw Trzebinski’s artistic practice draws from the experiences that comprise the landscape of both his physical and psychological childhood memories.

Trzebinski’s attention to detail in the execution of the organic elements ignites a similar childhood wonder and curiosity that he had experienced with his father, the resulting surfaces demanding closer inspection. The presence of the female figure suggests a reference to historical depictions of the feminine as the embodiment of nature. This symbol of ‘Mother Nature’ creates a conceptual canvas onto which Trzebinski works.

Lana’s artworks

Lana was born in Mombasa, Kenya, in 1993. She grew up in a family of sculptors, designers, painters, architects, interior designers, filmmakers and writers.

When Lana finished school, she decided to head to Bali, Indonesia, where she created her first clothing collection. Soon after, she began designing garments made in Kenya with recycled brass jewellery in West African fabric. A few years later, Lana decided to focus her attention entirely on her own brand, which led her to create works in ceramics, beaded garments and accessories, and brass and horn jewellery.