Making Christmas:
Franz Brown, Tom Browning and Santa Claus

"Christmas Glow" 1997 from the Traditional Santa Series by Tom Browning

Tom Browning started publishing his Santa images in 1985 with "Friendly Visit" which portrayed Santa Claus feeding some geese. In Santa's Time Off Browning presents the playful side of Santa in his "off-time", that is after the work is done when he goes out with a few of the elves. His Arbor Green series presented Santa in a more traditional way, and though Santa is seen at work, he's still having fun.

Tom Browning original published his Santa art under his own publishing company, at first called Santa's Time-Off and later Arbor Green publishers. Because of his own desire to focus on painting the publishing of his images is now licensed out to a number of companies. As of 2000 he has published over 65 images within his Santa's Time Off and Arbor Green lines. 

Tom Browning is an accomplished fine arts painter. He often portrays women and children in rural settings of a by-gone era, such as out harvesting pumpkins, picking flowers or chasing butterflies. His fine art paintings may be seen in Santa Fe, NM at the Wadle Gallery, Trailside Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ and the Cottage Gallery in Carmel, CA.

His book, Timeless Techniques for Better Oil Paintings, was published in 1994 by Northlight Publications.

Santa’s Time Off, featuring the works of Tom Browning and the writing of Bill Maynard was published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons in 1997.

You can see many of the paintings listed below by going to this location on the Tom Browning Site. http://www.tombrowning.com