Talented Highgate residents are showing their creative efforts at an art exhibition this month.
It's the second year running that the Holly Lodge Estate has called for work by local artists to display in its community centre.
Last year, the first Holly Lodge Art Exhibition featured around 100 works by artists - many from the historic 1920s estate, and surrounding roads.
Work shown clockwise from Apple by Pete Robbins, Barbara Smith, Adrian Taylor, Sarah Collard, Robin Thistlethwaite, Lyn Bindmann. (Image: Holly Lodge Art Exhibition)
Organiser Josh Cedar of the Holly Lodge Residents' Association said the second edition of the show looked set to generate an even bigger response. with around 50 artists involved, 30 from Holly Lodge itself and the rest "fairly local, with a few dotted further away".
"For the second year in a row we are running an exciting exhibition of local artists' work at the Community Centre," he said.
"It is a real mixture of artists with a few professionals, lots of very talented amateurs, and some equally talented beginners who have never exhibited their work before - all combining to provide some knock out work.
"It's not just painting, but also mosaic, ceramics, textiles and sculpture. There's a great range of around 100 pieces of artwork with some for sale while other artists are just happy to exhibit their work."
Artwork by Steve Davis and Hannah Vincent will be part of the exhibition (Image: Courtesy of Holly Lodge residents association)Subjects range from portraits, to paintings of wildlife, still lifes, and abstract works.
The gated private estate is a designated conservation area made up of Camden Council run mansion blocks, communal gardens, and privately-owned properties, with a thriving community centre run as a charity.One of the art works on show for the 2023 exhibition (Image: Courtesy of the Holly Lodge Estate)
The Holly Lodge art exhibition runs at the Holly Lodge Community Centre, Makepeace Avenue, Highgate from 11am until 6pm on April 22 and 23, with a private view on April 21 from 6.30pm. Admission is free.
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