Cowboy Santa Claus Art: The Man, Up Close

Square framed canvas print in a solid wood frame you choose in black or white, ready to hang out of the box.

Most Santa art shows you the suit. This one shows you the face.

A Western Santa Who Has Been Out in the Weather

He fills the frame. Dark wide brim hat pulled low, wire rim glasses down his nose, a white beard that has clearly never been trimmed on a schedule, and a red neckerchief knotted at his throat instead of a collar. One brown leather glove is up near his chin, so he is caught mid thought rather than mid wave. The coat is dark and work worn with heavy mismatched buttons, and the background falls away into shadow so there is nothing competing with him. Painted loose and warm in an oil style, with the brushwork left visible.

Cowboy Santa Claus Canvas for a Wall That Can Hold a Face

This is a portrait, so it wants to be seen close rather than across a room. It works above a bar, in an entry, at the top of a stair, in a study or anywhere a guest ends up standing still for a minute. The dark background means it holds up on a light wall and disappears less on a dark one than a snow scene would.

What Arrives

✔ Square framed canvas print, finished in a solid wood frame in your choice of black or white

✔ Sizes refer to the canvas inside the frame, so the outside measurement runs a little larger

✔ Semi gloss print for added depth and color

✔ Printed with fade resistant inks that are water based and solvent free, so there is nothing harsh going up on your wall

✔ Mounting hardware attached, so it hangs straight out of the packaging

✔ Leveling bumpers included to protect the wall

✔ Designed in Michigan, made to order in North America

Questions About This Cowboy Santa Claus Canvas

What makes this a cowboy Santa Claus?

The hat, the neckerchief and the wear on him. Tailor Made Rooms painted him as a man who works outside, with a wide brim instead of a stocking cap and a knotted red scarf instead of a fur collar, so he reads as western first and Christmas second.

How is this different from the other cowboy Santa canvases?

This is the portrait. The other two put him with his horse, one standing quietly and one riding out. This one is just his face, filling a square frame, which makes it the closest and most personal of the three and the only one that works as a single strong piece on a narrow wall.

Should I choose the black frame or the white one?

The black frame is the natural match here, because the background of the painting is already dark and the frame carries it right to the edge. The white frame gives you contrast and a lighter, more gallery like look if the wall behind it is dark. Both are solid wood and both ship ready to hang.

What size should I order?

Because it is a portrait rather than a landscape, it can take a narrower wall than the other pieces. Over furniture, aim for roughly two thirds the width of what sits below it, and center the art 57 to 60 inches from the floor. Cut the square out of painters tape and stick it on the wall first, it costs nothing and it settles the question.

Can I hang it on a porch or outdoors?

No. Canvas is an indoor material and weather will ruin it. For a covered porch or an exposed wall, our printed 3mm aluminum composite signs are the right product and they live on the metal sign pages.

Does it arrive ready to hang?

Yes. Mounting hardware comes attached and leveling bumpers are included to protect the wall.