The streets of Penzance have received their annual splash of colour with the arrival of the town flags and banners.
The designs produced by artists Liz Tyrrell and Sarah Bell, both based in the town, are adorning the streets and the promenade.
Ms Tyrrell started creating the current style of flags in 1999 and has made hundreds for the town since.
She started as an assistant and co-worker, but has been running the town flag project since 2017.
This year she created four designs depicting Star Gazey Pie, afternoon tea, a rugby player, and a surfer.
She said: "I designed several sets of new flags, and designs were chosen from two of the sets to create a colourful variety across the range of flags displayed this year."
Penzance Council has introduced a new approach to the promenade banners this summer.
Sarah Bell was entrusted with creating the banner designs celebrating sea life in and around Mounts Bay.
The designs were then sent to Sailflags in Goldsithney to be printed on an eco banner material which uses a recycled polyester material and water-based inks.
The silk banners of previous years, produced by Lucy Birbeck, were always one of the most popular and well-received of Penzance Council's projects.
Ms Bell said: "I want people to feel like the promenade is their very own open-air art gallery full of uplifting, moving paintings, featuring the precious marine life in our Mounts Bay."
The town flags and promenade banners are supported by a season-long rigging contract so that damaged flags can be retrieved and repaired and, when weather conditions dictate, the promenade banners can be brought in to protect them.
Mayor of Penzance, councillor Stephen Reynolds, said: "It’s always a sign that summer has returned when the flags and banners reappear to brighten our streets and prom.
"Liz and Sarah have certainly risen to the challenge this year, producing designs inspired by things that really matter to local people: surfing, rugby, our amazing sea life, and of course food.
"And thanks to the team at Sailflags, this year’s prom banners will not only look great, they will be good for the planet too.”
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