A KEEN artist has put on a competition for youngsters in memory of a friend who loved art.

Art’s Kool founder Jan Harvey, 49, named the top prize after Nancy McCulloch, of Ledwell near Chipping Norton, who died of breast cancer aged 64.

Mrs Harvey said: “I wanted to honour her in some way.”

The Nancy McCulloch Memorial Award and £150 was won by Bryony Parkinson, 15, pictured, and Katie Tymon, 15, for a dress made of paper and drink cans.

Bryony, who spent two months making the dress, said: “Our art teacher told us about the competition and we thought it would be a really fun project.”

The entries were shown at the New Beaconsfield Hall in Shipton-under-Wychwood on Saturday.