Santa Sears

My late father-in-law would play Santa for his grandchildren every year on Christmas morning. When he passed away in 2017, I wanted to pay tribute to him, so I used 2 or 3 photos of him as Santa as reference for this painting. I changed the lighting to an evening setting for better mood. When my wife saw the finished piece, she said it was perfect and started crying. Best compliment I could ask for.