Showing posts with label Santa Claus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Santa Claus. Show all posts

Monday, 14 December 2020

Six Cadeaux

PERSONAL COLLECTION

#175
aquarelle
Carole Villeneuve
décembre 2020

10" x 14"
Santa 14 Collection

Santa has gifts for Grandmaman and Papa's  
six grandchildren this year,
 but no matter how hard they look on this painting,
 they won't find a tag with their name.  
Santa knows that 2020 has been a challenging year and 
has had to work very hard at the North Pole on these special gifts.
He knows that they are gifts that the Grandchildren already have in their hearts, 
but he wanted to wrap them up to show how important they are
 and how proud he is of Ethan, Tristan, Reegan, Logan, Sadie and Oliver.
Each gift is to continue to be shared into 2021 "avec tout le monde dans le monde entier".

Joy and Kindness (Yellow gift with blue ribbon)
Honesty and Understanding (Plaid gift)
Respect and responsibility (Red gift with yellow ribbon)
Generosity (Blue gift with yellow ribbon)
Curiosity ((Blue polka dot gift)
Hope (Blue striped gift)

La joie et la gentillesse 
Comprendre les autres et d'être honnête  
Le respect et la responsabilité
La générosité 
La curiosité
L'espoir

Santa also wants to remind the children to look for the Christmas Star on December 21, 2020.  Jupiter and Saturn will align and look like a "double planet" for the first time since the Middle Ages.  They are going to almost appear to collide and become one super-bright point of light.  Santa made sure to put "the Christmas Star" in his painting to remind everyone to look to the skies.

Sunday, 15 November 2015

Trois maisons et une lune

PRIVATE COLLECTION
#146
aquarelle
Carole Villeneuve
novembre 2015

Unframed
14" x 21"
Santa 13 Collection

 Although Santa Claus will be very busy Christmas Eve delivering gifts to 
children all over the world, here you see only three of his destinations.   
First, Santa will deliver  candy canes and gifts to six deserving grandchildren, 
who although they live far apart,  see the same moon in the sky.  
Grandmaman wrote Santa a very long letter to make sure he knew that 
Ethan, Tristan, Logan, Reegan, Sadie and Oliver 
have been very kind, brave and helpful this year.   
Then off Santa will fly to Charlie's house, as everyone knows that 
Charlie has been a good puppy this year.  
Santa surely has a chewy bone hidden at the bottom of his bag for Charlie, 
as he knows that Charlie loves to chew.

Friday, 19 December 2014

I Saw Six Ships Come Sailing In

PERSONAL COLLECTION
                               
 #138
Watercolour
Carole Villeneuve
November 2014

Unframed
21" x 11"
Santa 12 Collection

In the traditional Christmas Carol, "I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In", 
composed in England in the 1600's,  the significance of the three ships has long been debated. One could not actually sail into landlocked Bethlehem. Was the composer referencing the Three Wise Men? Perhaps they were symbolic of camels, which have long been referred to as Ships of the Desert?  Maybe the ships were symbols for Faith, Hope and Charity?  Or quite simply Mary, Joseph and Jesus?   
In this Christmas painting, there are not three, but six sailing ships.  
Santa is greeting them enthusiastically, as he too, has embraced a sense of adventure.   Santa looks to Miss Adventure to take him sailing and join Ethan, Tristan, Logan, Reegan, Sadie and Oliver in their sailboats already out on the lake.  No matter the symbolism of the original three ships, these six ships, with their red and white sails, are a definite symbol for the joy and happiness children bring to all those whose hearts are open to the joy, peace, hope and charity of Christmas.

Saturday, 30 November 2013

La veille de Noël

PERSONAL COLLECTION
#127
L'aquarelle
Carole Villeneuve
Noël 2013

20" x 14"
Santa 11 Collection

It's Christmas Eve and as Grandmaman and Papa relax in their reading room chairs, Santa makes a special stop to help them get ready for Christmas.  Noticing that Benny's "cheval à bascule" needs touching up, Santa borrows Grandmaman's art palette and Papa's reading glasses, then quickly gets to work.  No sooner had he begun, he was done and giving a nod up the chimney he rose.  With Grandmaman in her shawl and Papa in his robe, they sprang from their chairs to see what was the clatter.  And what to their wondering eyes did they see, but a mailbox full of gifts and more out on the lawn.  Papa did the counting and to his surprise, he counted up six and quickly surmised, "Grandmaman, we are blessed with six special gifts  this Christmas Eve!" 


Tuesday, 25 September 2012

Père Noël raconte une histoire

PERSONAL COLLECTION
#100
aquarelle
Carole Villeneuve
Noël 2012

19" x 21"
Santa 10 Collection

Dear Ethan, Tristan, Logan, Reegan, Sadie and Oliver,

Santa Claus loves to tell stories. This painting shows Santa Claus, also known as Father Christmas, Père Noël, Kerstman and Saint Nicholas, telling a Christmas story to six young children he finds playing amongst the hills, anxiously awaiting for snow to fall.  These happy children love playing in the snow, building snowmen, sledding, making snow forts and skiing.  Where they live, there is sometimes lots of snow by Christmas Day, but sometimes the sun stays bright and the winds blow warm right through December. Then they have to wait until January to play in the deep, white snow.
Here Santa tells the story of the First Christmas.  
Do you know this story?

Tuesday, 1 November 2011

Santa's Gifts

Personal Collection
#83
L'aquarelle
Carole Villeneuve
Noël 2011

22 in. x 14 in.
Santa 9 Collection


Dear Ethan, Tristan, Logan, Reegan and Sadie,
Grandmaman painted Santa Claus, aka Père Noël, in his sleigh on Christmas Eve. His sleigh is full of gifts, destined for five good little boys and girls snuggled asleep in their beds, with visions of candy canes dancing in their heads.  Can you guess which gift might be for you?  How many stars are twinkling on your gift?  What is a gift?
Love,
Grandmaman

Monday, 11 October 2010

Le livre bleu du père Noël

PERSONAL COLLECTION

#71
L'aquarelle
Carole Villeneuve
Noël 2010

14 in. x 22 in.

Santa 8 Collection

Les termes livre bleu ou blue book désignent un rapport annuel ou toute autre compilation de statistiques et données chiffrées. Le terme date du XV siècle, époque où de grand livres de velours bleu étaient utilisés pour tenir les archives du parlement du Royaume-Uni.

Saturday, 7 November 2009

Les bas du père Noël 7

PERSONAL COLLECTION

#65
L'aquarelle
Carole Villeneuve
Noël 2009

19 in. x 14 in.

Santa 7 Collection

Monday, 13 July 2009

Le sac du père Noël 6

PERSONAL COLLECTION

#57
Aquarelle
Noël 2008
Carole Villeneuve

13 in x 17 in
Santa 6 Collection

Santa in Provincetown 5

PERSONAL COLLECTION
#41

Watercolour
November 2007
Carole Villeneuve

14 in x 20 in
Santa 5 Collection

Santa's List 4

PERSONAL COLLECTION

#33
Watercolour
November 2006
Carole Villeneuve

13 in x 10 in
Santa 4 Collection

Cher Père Noël 3

PERSONAL COLLECTION
#24
aquarelle
novembre 2005
Carole Villeneuve

13 in x 17 in
Santa 3 Collection

Le père Noël 2

PERSONAL COLLECTION

#14
aquarelle
novembre 2004
Carole Villeneuve

10 in x 13 in
Santa 2 Collection

Jolly Old Santa Claus 1

PERSONAL COLLECTION

#4
Watercolour
November 2003
Carole Villeneuve

9 in x 10 in
Santa 1 Collection