Win a print of Seaham's much-loved Tommy statue for your home

We’ve teamed up with North East artist Lucy Kitching to give away a print of her hand-drawn illustration of Tommy who sits proudly on Terrace Green.

Much of Lucy’s work is informed by her home region, with skyline prints of locations such as Durham, Newcastle and Teesside popular sellers on her Etsy page, Lucy Kitch Creative.

Tommy was her first illustration of a figure and started life as a commission from a customer who wanted a picture of the statue to give as a gift to her grandparents, but he proved so popular Lucy made him a part of her online selling page.

"It’s such a powerful statue and was a bit of a challenge to draw at first, but he’s become one of my favourites,” she explained.

Lucy, who works in fashion forging talent partnerships, began her Etsy shop a couple of years ago, but with lockdown leading to a surge in interest in home decor, it’s proving more and more popular.

With people spending more time at home, many have looked to personalise their home, making wall art sales increase.

Related: see the Sunderland print business making Mackem art in Lockdown.

Lucy said: “I really started to notice a difference last May, with more people spending time online and shopping online. As so many people are working from home they want to make it as comfortable as possible and to personalise it more.

“A lot of businesses have suffered because of the pandemic, but a lot of small creative businesses have thrived because of the change in people’s shopping habits.”

Win

We’ve teamed up with Lucy Kitch Creative to give away a hand-illustrated Tommy print.

You can choose either a portrait or landscape print, in either A3, A4 and A5, and black & white or colour.

To be in with a chance of winning, answer this question: the statue is known affectionately as Tommy, but what is its official title?

A:: 1101

B:: 2202

C:: 3303

Email your answer, along with your name and address, to [email protected]. Closing date: Monday, February 1.

Note: as all staff are working from home due to the pandemic, we cannot accept postal entries at this time.

Usual JPI Media competition rules apply.

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