ABOUT US

Carolyn is a director and principal of Everything Christmas Pty. Ltd.

Carolyn has been painting for as long as she can remember and was introduced to folk and decorative painting in 1992. Since that time she has studied with leading artists from Australia, USA and Europe.  In 1993 Carolyn began her teaching career, and has taught throughout Australia, South Korea and New Zealand.  Carolyn's work was first published in 1996, and she has also worked as a stunt double for Better Homes & Gardens since 1998.  Her work has been featured regularly on television and in many periodicals and lifestyle magazines including Better Homes and Gardens, Australian Country Craft & Decorating and Australian Country Collections. 

Carolyn has received a number of prizes from exhibiting her work, including:
*    1st Prize - Historical Category - FDAA Awards of Excellence 1999
*    1st Prize - Medieval Category - The Sydney Royal Show 2000
*    Standard of Excellence Award at The Sydney Royal Show 2000
*    1st Prize - Australiana - FDAA Awards of Excellence 2001
*    Chroma Australia Design Award 2001
*    1st Prize - Traditional - The Sydney Royal Show 2005
*    Standard of Excellence Award - The Sydney Royal Show 2005

Carolyn is a member of the Folk and Decorative Artists Association of Australia and the Society of Decorative Painters, USA, and a Chroma Australia Support Teacher. Carolyn obtained her Master Gilding Certificate from Art Gilding Academy, Sydney in 2003.

Carolyn has always had a love of all things Christmas, its traditions and customs, and at Christmastime her home is filled to the brim with hand painted Christmas boxes, stockings, candleholders, angels, Santas, Christmas trees, garlands and wreaths, all bringing nostalgic thoughts of Christmases past.