Painting portraits for the new year

Enfield Community Art has launched an open call for entries for this year’s exhibition on the theme of Home. All interpretations of the theme, in any medium, are welcome. The deadline for submissions is Friday 21 March, with the exhibition taking place from 7 to 28...

Get your gifts early and choose from an array of fabulous original art and craft by local artists at our Christmas art sale. The exhibition and sale is on for one day only, Sunday 23 November, 10am to 4pm at St Stephen's Church Hall, Village Rd, Enfield EN1 2EY....

Congratulations to Bill Simpson, whose painting in oil, Blue Peter, won this year's Visitors' Choice, with 21 votes. Debbie Peaty was the runner-up with 18 votes for New River-Town Park, while D'Arcy Sallion came a close second with 17 votes for Into the Woods. D'Arcy...

Don't miss our annual summer exhibition, now open at Capel Manor Gardens until 17 August. Come along and meet our artist members, like Bill and Steve (pictured), who will be stewarding each day and keen to chat with visitors. The work on show is all by local artists,...

We enjoyed a stimulating talk in April from Bruce Pearson on being An Artist in the Natural World. Taking a dynamic approach to working in the field, Bruce aims to capture moments in nature through drawing and painting, letting his attention be drawn by whatever is...

This superb drawing in graphite pencil of a gardener at Forty Hall in Enfield, by EAC artist Elizabeth McCrimmon, is on display in central London this week. He Tends the Garden is on show at the Society of Graphic Fine Art exhibition at the Mall Galleries near St...

This beautiful acrylic, Mismatched, by EAC member Mary Horsfield, is on display at the Royal Society of British Artists annual exhibition from 29 February to 9 March.

Fascinating workshop with Kim Amis for our February gathering, with a good turnout despite the awful weather! We drew bugs, working from images provided by Kim, using soft pencil to create the images and then lifting out some of the pencil marks to create light and...

There's a great opportunity to buy original art from local artists on Saturday 25 November, when EAC artists will be exhibiting and selling their work at St John's church hall in Palmers Green. The sale is on from 10.30am to 5pm in the small hall at the rear of St...

An exhibition of paintings by EAC member Mickos opens on Friday 24 November at Arbeit Studios in Palmers Green. 'Searching 2023' explores the artist's interests in the physical qualities of oil paint and the effects of light on natural and man-made forms. From still...