PLEASE  PRESS ABOVE TO VIEW GOURDS.,SPOONS, OSTRICH EGGS, AND CYPRESS- KNEE SANTA'S FOR SALE. ALL OF MY CREATIONS ARE  UNIQUE AND ONE OF A KIND!!!!!!

                                  

             

   Cindy's  Santa Shack offers a variety of quality, hand painted Santas. All Santas are one of a kind originals. They are hand painted on many different surfaces which  include: Cypress knees, driftwood, gourds, rocks, ostrich and emu eggs and spoons.  After they're painted, they are all sprayed with two coats of a non-yellowing protective varnish. I have been painting and selling Santas for over 25 years. My specialty and favorite things to paint are Old Father Christmas Santas. If you know a Santa Collector or someone just starting out, surprise them with a hand painted one of a kind piece of art. Special Request are welcome. Please Press your choice above to view my work. Thanks for visiting and please pass my site on to your friends and family. Shipping is free on all of my items in the United States only.  If you are from another country please ask about shipping before ordering. Thank You 

I have added Halloween and Easter Creations To my site, please click the tab above to view.                                                                                             CONTACT INFORMATION: cindyroyall@yahoo.com 

 

Welcome to Santa Land, grab some hot cocoa and stay a while!!!

Some of my creations may take only a few hours but some others like the one on the left may take up to two or three days. 

  Painting on a canvas is boring. I look at a piece of wood or another natural item such as an egg or even a rock and picture a face that I'd like to paint on it. It's much more of a challenge to paint on something that's got a nice shape than something that's flat like a canvas.

All cypress knees are different as you can see from the cypress knee to the left. It was one piece of wood with four tips which I painted all different Santas on. 

The two beneath here are handpainted on gourds. They grow in every shape and size also. They each have their own personality.

   This is for people who don't know what a cypress knee is, it's actually a root from the southern cypress tree. They usually grow in water and these roots grow up instead of down. My supplier follows the lumber companies around to cut the knees only after the tree has been cut down.  Below is a picture of them. It's funny because when I see all of those cypress knees, I can picture big gourgous Santas painted on them.

The top picture is of the biggest gourd I've ever had. I think it's about 48 inches around. As soon as I paint a Santa on it, I will put a picture up for all to see. 

All of the Guys painted below are from cypress knees. As you can see, I like to try every color. 

Thanks to my 10 year old son Tommy, this web page was possible. I don't know how he knows these things, but I'm glad he does.

Please look at my best friends site for more Gourd art, Wonderful, Whimsical, Birdhouses of every shape and size. www.judygrace.net  , You will be amazed at what can be made out of gourds!!!!

And if you would rather beautiful Stone Fairy Houses and Doors for your Garden or home, please check out my other friends work!!!  www.whimsicalstoneworks.com I'm sure you will be pleasently surprised to see the wonderful craftsmanship offered.

Below is what my kitchen looks like most of the time. 

Below, I wanted to show a before and after. This gourd was about 16 inches tall and about 32 inches around. He was sold last year. 

Locations of visitors to this page

This is my newest Santa and the first with brown eyes!!! 

Finished these three this week. 

These Santa spoon ornaments are my newest creations, they are lots of fun.  

These guys up-top are some of my first Santas I painted. 

This Santa Gourd has a couple Chickadees resting on him. He seems to like it.

The two smaller Santas up-top were my first handcarved. 

Some of the cypress knees have lumps and bumps on them. I try to paint them into my piece. Here are two examples up-top (toy bag) and below (chickadee on hat). 

This guy is in my own collection. 

I like to paint a Christmas treat in each of their hands, sometimes they take more time then the actual Santa Claus. 

This Santa below was a big challenge for me. I kept him for my own collection also.

I really like the double and triple tipped cypress knees. They are so unique. 

 The Santa above is one that my daughter Jessica stole from me, LOL.

Santa looks good in any color.

Here is one up-top holding a Raggedy-Ann doll. He was a huge Santa. I sold him last Christmas on Ebay.