As an artist I always feel at Christmas that there are (in my opinion!) lots of stunning Christmas cards that are not about the Christian faith - and lots of cards WITH a Christian theme that, if I'm honest, bore me to death! Pics of Three Wise Men for example....or C17th paintings of Madonna and Child, with baby Jesus often depicted as a very small grown man, pickled.
They're absolute masterpieces - I couldn't do it if I tried! But for some reason they also leave me cold, so I decided to paint what I'd want to buy myself - hopefully a combination of special, moving, colourful, fun and funky, whilst remaining properly Christian. Two are attached below but the range can be viewed and bought from my Etsy shop, here: http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/CharlotteAshendenArt
I hope you like them! Wishing you a happy and blessed run-up to Christmas,
Charlotte
