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Sonia Hayes Art
01Sonia Hayes, fine artist

Sonia Hayes.

Original paintings, fine art prints, and homeware. Each piece soulfully signed.

A tribute to the late Super Tusker, Craig, who roamed Aboseli until he passed away in January 2026
Never Forgotten, a tribute to Craig the late Amboseli super tusker. Original Indian ink on canvas, 2026.Scroll
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A note from the studio

I paint what I have loved.

The animals and tribes of the African Bush, the furry folk of the English Woodlands, the people who have succeeded against the odds.

Sonia
Unshakeable, watercolour portrait, full painting
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A piece worth pausing for

Unshakeable

Watercolour on canvas.
From the Portraits collection.

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Phoenix Rising, abstract watercolour, 2020

Phoenix Rising, watercolour on paper, 2020.

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I'd encourage anyone buying a print to sit with it for a few days before deciding which way to hang it.
Sonia, on her abstracts
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From the studio

Never Forgotten. The Last Safari is the Big Five, complete.

Never Forgotten, a portrait of Craig the late Amboseli supertusker
Just finished, 2026

Sonia has just finished Never Forgotten, a portrait of Craig the late Amboseli supertusker, alongside a Cape Buffalo and a close study of a leopard. With these, the Last Safari retail range is complete, the Big Five offered as open edition mounted prints. Each painting is also available as an original or limited edition print in the originals body, priced for the collector. The Last Safari notecards are being redrawn too, shwe shwe fabric, trees and national flowers in place of the old checks.

View the Last Safari open prints
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Stay in touch

Soulfully signed.

Studio

Simons Town, Cape Town.
sonia@soniahayesart.com