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Winners of the Mayor’s Christmas card competition 2016

Thank you to all who entered the Christmas Card competition this year – for the Mayor’s Christmas card.  The winning design was by Frome resident and Artist Caroline Walsh-Waring. As well as being the Mayor’s card, the design will also feature on the front page of the Frome Christmas Programme; runner up Eva Goddard will also have her design featured within the publication.

caroline-3-july-2016-002Caroline said “Since finding our home in Frome nearly 8 years ago I have been continuously struck by how fortuitous our choice was. As a family, we have made many friends, become closer to family who live nearby and our lives have flourished.  I originally trained in Textiles but had to take office work to survive, 17 years ago I gave up a busy full-time job in London to bring up my children and hopefully find some time to resurrect my first love of art.  In this creative town, I have found a voice for my work helping me to realise my ambitions to be a professional artist.  I am absolutely thrilled to have my design chosen for the Mayor’s Christmas Card and to lend a small brush in representing Frome.”

Pictured, Caroline Walsh-Waring, photo taken by Simon aka Etch Sketch during this year Frome Open Studios.

Eva said “I have lived in Frome for over 40 years.  With a creative background, I specialise in calligraphy, line drawings and paintings – often of flowers, gardens and views. My lettering is often used for wedding place names, designs, cards, labels etc.  I especially enjoy hand writing alphabets, in a variety of mediums. My inspiration for the Frome Christmas card design came from 1940’s cards promoting towns.  And I also thought it would be fun to make it for ‘colouring in’.”

The winning designs will be published later next month in the Frome Christmas event brochure.  

Published
26 October 2016
Last Updated
19 January 2021
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