Fantasy drawing: the Christmas market 'Magical Maastricht' on the Vrijthof with the Saint Servatius Church in the background. I found a sled with a moose in front of it a bit hackneyed. So I provided some more modern transportation ? ? The Santa Claus in this picture will be the one in the picture.
Santa Claus in this picture will probably never press the pedal, because he is a big plastic doll. I saw this stall -where I think Christmas trees were sold- somewhere on a picture of Magical Maastricht that is organized every year. At first I wanted to replace Santa Claus by a more lively one, but actually I liked it this way. So I left it like that.
Karen Nijst has lived in and near her beloved hometown of Maastricht for many years. She currently works as a web developer (Kahlo Websites in Hapert, Brabant) and is responsible for both programming and graphic design . The latter has undoubtedly influenced some of the drawings you can see.. Read more…