Zarah Cassim Brings Dreamlike Landscapes to The President Hotel

Working primarily in layers of oil paint, Cassim creates worlds where foliage, colour and light seem to slip in and out of focus. Soft blush tones give way to deeper, earthy passages, while natural shapes blur, dissolve and emerge again.

There’s something wonderfully recognisable about the idea: remembering a place through its atmosphere long after the finer details have faded. Cassim’s paintings explore that hazy territory, where memory and imagination influence what we think we see.

That intuitive approach runs through the selection, from the expansive The Dance I to smaller works including Sherbet, Berry and Bleed. Across oil on canvas, board and Fabriano paper, she explores the shifting relationship between natural forms and illusion.

Think landscapes that invite a second look, then leave room for your own interpretation.