Wow, this has turned into a full-scale "bash-Kincaide-fest."
He's no Norman Rockwell, but I sure couldn't make pictures with paint, brushes, and canvas. At least not that I could sell.
I wonder who'd have shown up on this thread to praise Kincaide if he had just donated his liver to save an Ethiopian baby or something.
Now, I do have to admit, that it has crossed my mind that if a trailer park were to have an art gallery...oh, forget it.
Look, his work is what it is. I'll wager that some "Christian" sharpies came along and said, "baby, we're taking you national." When maybe he should have just continued to be what he was.
The moral, or at least one of them, is be careful what you wish for. He'll go on being what he is. Somewhat wiser, I'd expect.
"This has turned into a full-scale Kincaide bash-fest"
What you're reading is the bubbling forth of the annoyance that some of us have felt for quite some time; and when those cloying ads appear on tv or in magazines for the "Painter of Light", we have to force ourselves to keep from gagging.
I'm with you on not being able to create paintings, I can't either, but then again, I don't just go ahead and create lousy ones and market them worldwide on the pretext that they honor Our Lord and it's okay to ask outrageous prices for them because they will one day appreciate in value, either.
If Kinkade had donated his liver to an Ethiopian, he would be dead and we wouldn't have to worry about his paintings anymore.
Have you tried?
I'm serious. My mom took up painting this year, in her 80s (she doesn't have the stamina for choreography any more) and she's already sold 3 pictures, for good prices. Which may prove that there's one born every minute . . .
Of course, as a dancer she's always been in the art scene, so her eye is already trained. There are principles of composition and technical details to learn, but she's working on that.