Merry Christmas: The Art of Santa Claus

I was beginning to think my quest to find holiday-appropriate artwork was in vain until I stumbled onto the clever, humorous art of  Ed Wheeler. A Philadelphia-based photographer, Wheeler has spent the last twenty-five years taking self-portraits of himself dressed as Santa and inserting them into classic, timeless works of art. His technique is amazing, as it’s hard to tell that the he’s not part of the original painting! Anyway, what more can I say, other than Santa really gets around! Whether it’s Renaissance, surreal, or neo-modern-post-impressionist-classical, Santa really knows his way around the art world! See more after the jump.