The Spirit of Christmas

Glowing with good feeling, energy and the real, honest love of giving, Stephen Lyman’s St. Nicholas is the literal Spirit of Christmas. So much of Lyman’s work had to with the ethereal qualities of light in the wilderness that he was excited by the challenge of painting a person whose very presence was the embodiment of light.

Stephen Lyman’s The Spirit of Christmas Anniversary Edition Canvas gives us a Santa that reminds people of what Christmas is all about: love of life. The joyful spirit is taking shape in the same cabin Lyman painted for his limited edition prints Evening Light, Wilderness Welcome and Lantern Light.