Nairobi, June 4 -- At 87, Geraldine Robarts is perhaps the oldest living visual artist in Kenya. But her paintbrush isn't drying up any time soon.

This weekend, some of her works will be showcased at the African Design Collective pop-up exhibition at 34 Ngara Road Nairobi, the continuation of an artistic journey that is a decade shy of a century.

She comes from a strong lineage of artists and has painted since she was two years old.

"My grandmother was a fashion designer and she had to raise me because I was an orphan. I spent the first year of my life in an orphanage since it was in the middle of the second world war. My grandmother was a couture fashion designer. I would watch her cut little strips of clothes and materials, which she...