Lorraine Coyner, a resident of Lutheran SeniorLife Passavant Community in Zelienople, creates handpainted Santa figures.

Lorraine Coyner is an artist of many mediums, but her greatest accomplishments are the handpainted Santa figures made for her family members over a period of 50 years.

Coyner, 87, recently displayed her ceramic, handpainted Santas at an art exhibit at Lutheran SeniorLife Passavant Community in Zelienople.

No two figures are the same, and each carries special meaning to her four children and many grandchildren.

Denise Garrity, Coyner's daughter, said each person in the family has his favorite Santa figure of the 60 different creations.

“She makes it so it has some meaning to every one of us,” Garrity said. “I love Americana — red, white and blue — so she'd paint one with flag colors. My sister-in-law adopted a baby, so mom painted a Santa holding a baby boy up in the air.”

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Resident and artist Lorraine Coyner, 87

Artist Lorraine Coyner, a resident of Lutheran SeniorLife Passavant Community in Zelienople, showcased her hand-painted, Santa figures, as well as other painted pieces, during an art exhibit at the Passavant Community Tuesday afternoon.