Art Notes

Reindeer Ridge is my latest visit to Santa’s North Pole. It is a place where reindeer wranglers train Saint Nic’s heard to carry out the business of the town and fulfill the exertion of Santa’s magic Yule-tide flight around the world. The citizens of this wintery wild west community are many and varied but you will begin to recognize them all as you start your exploration.

A “frosty” sheriff scans the township while standing in front of “wanted posters” identifying particular troublemakers. Across the rutted way, a nutcracker stands in front of a store offering candy from his wooden hand as elves hurry about their festive days. And front and center, a famous cowboy “with no name” stalks the landscape as a “North Pole Drifter” would.

I enjoy my flights of fantasy every time I journey to this magic holiday terrain, and I hope you do too. Merry Christmas, and as always, thank you for sharing my adventures in art.