Gabrielle Raaff
Vlei I
Ink and water-based oil on calico cotton
120 x 175 cm

Gabrielle Raaff
Vlei II
Ink and water-based oil on calico cotton
120 x 175 cm

Gabrielle Raaff
Wavelength I
Ink, water-based oil, acrylic and oil pastel on calico cotton
28 x 39 cm

Gabrielle Raaff
Wavelength II
Ink, water-based oil, acrylic and oil pastel on calico cotton
42 x 59 cm

Gabrielle Raaff
Wavelength III
Ink, water-based oil, acrylic and oil pastel on calico cotton
25 x 30.5 cm

Gabrielle Raaff
Wavelength IV
Ink, water-based oil, acrylic and oil pastel on calico cotton
20.5 x 20.5 cm

Gabrielle Raaff
Wavelength V
Ink, water-based oil and acrylic on calico cotton
28 x 39 cm

Gabrielle Raaff
Wavelength Notes I
Acrylic and oil pastel on paper
42 x 59 cm

Gabrielle Raaff
Shoreline I
Ink, water-based oil, acrylic and oil pastel on canvas
25.5 x 25.5 cm

Gabrielle Raaff
Shoreline II
Ink, water-based oil and oil pastel on calico cotton
41 x 41 cm 

Gabrielle Raaff
Vlei Lines
Ink, water-based oil, acrylic and oil pastel on calico cotton
41 x 41 cm

Gabrielle Raaff
Shoreline Notes II
Water-based oil, acrylic, oil pastel on paper
33 x 30.5 cm

Layziehound Coka
Umoya Wokukhanya (Spirit of Light III)
Acrylic on canvas
55 x 45 cm

Layziehound Coka
Umoya Wokukhanya (Spirit of Light I)
Acrylic on canvas
55 x 45 cm

Layziehound Coka
Umoya Wokukhanya (Spirit of Light III)
Acrylic on canvas
55 x 45 cm

Layziehound Coka
The Amount of Privilege
Acrylic on canvas
120 x 180 cm

Layziehound Coka
Zonke iziziba ziyogcwala izihlabathi
(All rivers shall be filled with sand)
Oil on canvas
132 x 238 cm

Recollections brings together the work of Gabrielle Raaff and Layziehound Coka, two artists who embrace the unknown as a central force in their painting practices, using abstraction to explore memory, sensation, and emotion.

For Raaff, painting is a negotiation between control and surrender—her fluid, water-based mediums invite unpredictability, allowing landscapes drawn from photographic references, dreams, and her Lakeside surroundings to transform into imagined, emotionally charged spaces. Her works echo the land and sea, where gestures and impressions carry the weight of personal memory and embodied experience.

In contrast, Layziehound’s process begins from within. Moving away from figuration, he paints what is felt rather than seen—intuitive, emotive terrains shaped by personal history and ongoing introspection. Working in an immersive studio setting, his mark-making becomes a meditative rhythm, translating psychological states into layered, expressive surfaces. His titles—given in Zulu or English—anchor the viewer in shared emotional spaces, while his materials and gestures create open-ended narratives.

Together, in Recollections, Raaff and Layziehound present paintings as emotional landscapes—each work a conversation between the artist and their inner or outer worlds. Their intuitive approaches offer viewers space to reflect, sense, and connect with the unspoken,

VIEW EXHIBITING ARTISTS:

GABRIELLE RAAFF

LAYZIEHOUND COKA