Santa Framed Wall Art - Old World Santa and Reindeer

Santa off duty, in the quiet part of the night. No sleigh, no sack, no chimney. He has pulled off a glove and is holding out a carrot, and the reindeer has leaned in to take it. Snow is coming down around both of them. It is the moment nobody paints, which is exactly why it is worth hanging, and it arrives framed in solid wood and ready for the wall.

Framed Or Unframed, Your Call

This listing is the framed version. The printed canvas is set inside a solid wood frame with a narrow float between the canvas edge and the moulding, which gives the piece a finished border and more presence on the wall.

If you would rather have the clean modern look with no frame, the same painting is sold as an unframed gallery wrapped canvas. Same scene, same inks, and it comes in a 32x48 that the framed version does not. Pick whichever suits the wall and the furniture around it.

Why This One Is Different

Almost every Santa on a wall is performing. He is waving, or laughing, or mid flight over a rooftop. This one is not doing anything for anybody. He is feeding an animal that works for him, with his bare hand, in the cold, and the whole piece rests on that small kindness.

The painting style is old world rather than cartoon. Deep rust red robe with worn fur trim, a long white beard, round spectacles fogged by the cold, and a pale cream reindeer in a worn leather bridle hung with brass bells. The palette is muted and snowy rather than candy bright, so it reads as a piece of art that happens to be about Christmas instead of a decoration that has to come down in January.

Black Frame Or White

Black gives it weight. The artwork is soft and snow grey through most of the background, so a black frame draws a hard edge around it and makes the rust red of the robe jump. Take black if the room has dark wood, leather, iron or deep paint, or if it is hanging over a mantel where you want it to hold the wall on its own.

White keeps it gentle. It lets the snow in the background run right out to the edge of the frame, which suits a bedroom, a nursery, a pale hallway or anywhere already working in cream, linen and light oak. Both frames are solid wood and both ship ready to hang.

What You Get

✔ Canvas print set in a solid wood frame, black or white, your choice at checkout

✔ Five sizes from 12x8 up to 36x24 inches

✔ Printed with fade resistant inks that are water based and solvent free

✔ Semi gloss finish for depth in the fur, the snow and the red robe

✔ Mounting hardware arrives attached, so it hangs the day it lands

✔ Leveling bumpers included to protect the wall and keep the piece sitting straight

✔ Sizes refer to the canvas inside the frame, so the finished piece measures a little larger

✔ Also available unframed, in sizes up to 32x48

✔ Designed in Michigan, made to order in North America

Choosing Your Size

Measure the furniture or the wall space it will hang above and aim for roughly two thirds of that width in artwork. Above a sofa, a mantel or a bed that usually lands at 30x20 or 36x24 inches. For an entry, a hallway, a study or a bedside wall, 18x12 or 24x16 inches is the comfortable middle. The 12x8 suits a shelf lean, a stair gallery wall or the narrow stretch beside a door.

Remember that the size you pick is the canvas, not the outside of the frame, so the finished piece hangs a little larger than the number suggests. Hang it at eye level, centered 57 to 60 inches from the floor, and when it sits above furniture leave 6 to 10 inches between the top of that furniture and the bottom of the frame.

Questions We Get Asked

Is this a painting or a print?

It is a print. The artwork was digitally designed in a painterly style and then printed to order on canvas and framed in the size you choose, which is how we can offer it in five sizes and two frame colors rather than as one single piece. The brushwork you see is part of the image, not paint sitting on the surface.

Can we get this one unframed instead?

Yes. The same painting is sold as an unframed gallery wrapped canvas, which is also the only way to get it in the large 32x48.

Should we pick the black frame or the white one?

Black draws a hard edge around a soft, snowy image and makes the red robe jump, which suits dark wood, leather, iron and deep paint. White lets the snow run out to the frame edge and keeps the whole thing gentle, which suits a bedroom, a nursery or a pale hallway. Both are solid wood.

Do the sizes include the frame?

No. The size you choose is the canvas inside the frame, so the finished piece measures a little larger all round. Allow for that when you are matching it to a wall space or planning a gallery wall.

Is there glass over the print?

No. This is a framed canvas, not a framed paper print behind glass. There is nothing to reflect a lamp or a window back at you, and nothing to break in shipping.

Does it arrive ready to hang?

Yes. Mounting hardware comes attached and leveling bumpers are included, so there is nothing to buy and nothing to assemble.

Is this too Christmassy to leave up all year?

That depends on the room. There is no tree, no gift and no lettering in it, and the palette is snow grey and muted rust rather than red and green, so plenty of people leave it up through the winter and take it down when the weather turns. In a cabin, a lodge or a child's room it can stay up year round without looking out of season.

Can this hang on a porch, in a bathroom or anywhere damp?

No. Canvas and wood are both indoor materials. Steam, weather and direct afternoon sun will all shorten the life of the piece, so keep it on an interior wall away from a hot south facing window and out of a bathroom that gets steamy.

How should we store it between Christmases?

Stand it upright rather than laying it flat with anything stacked on top, and wrap it in a sheet or put it back in its box. Keep it in conditioned space, because an unheated attic or a damp basement swings through enough humidity to move both the canvas and the frame over a few seasons.