A Kris Kringle Merry Christmas

I was tempted to present you with a toy inspired Santa painting for this festive season, but decided instead to give you a rather more specific Santa.

So here you have my digitally painted tribute to the late Richard Attenborough in his starring role as Kris Kringle in the film 'Miracle on 34th Street' (released in 1994).

For me he conjures the appearance and spirit of Christmas like no other so it is with this that I bid you all a very Merry Christmas!

In addition to this I have put together a Christmassy time-lapse below of how I painted him using the same methods I apply to my oil on canvas painting, only exchanging real brushes and canvas for their digital equivalent.