(And though she ain't dead yet, you can't criticize her either!)
Posted on 04/06/2012 8:34:22 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Thomas Kinkade, the "Painter of Light" and one of most popular artists in America, died suddenly Friday at his Los Gatos home. He was 54.
His family said in a statement that his death appeared to be from natural causes.
"Thom provided a wonderful life for his family,'' his wife, Nanette, said in a statement. "We are shocked and saddened by his death.''
His paintings are hanging in an estimated 1 of every 20 homes in the United States. Fans cite the warm, familiar feeling of his mass-produced works of art, while it has become fashionable for art critics to dismiss his pieces as tacky. In any event, his prints of idyllic cottages and bucolic garden gates helped establish a brand -- famed for their painted high lights -- not commonly seen in the art world.
"I'm a warrior for light," Kinkade told the Mercury News in 2002, alluding not just to his technical skill at creating light on canvas but to the medieval practice of using light to symbolize the divine. "With whatever talent and resources I have, I'm trying to bring light to penetrate the darkness many people feel."
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I like it Vik.
Always someone on here attempting to dump on those who can’t respond and or...
(And though she ain't dead yet, you can't criticize her either!)
Did they create a village in Vallejo that was patterned after his paintings?
Actually I live in a place like that in Oregon - extremely charming.
May his soul and all the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Is that one for sale? Now that is one I like.
Norman Rockwell he was not.
Reusability counts. In paintings as well as software.
As one of my teachers told me, "It's worth what people will pay for it." Kind of like a stock. Kinkade paintings were a bubble market that popped.
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It's a shame how many people fall for worthless kitsch heavily marketed by the likes of Kinkade. There is plenty of good art around and many excellent starving artists, whom you could easily find at street fairs and in cafes where they display their work.And as for art appreciation there are free or low cost classes at community colleges that will teach you to discern good art from bad.
Which one?
Damn RC. You had me at the homeless New Orleans beer dude!
Compare Kincaid’s art to “modern” art. Even “modern” art from decades ago until now.
Kincaid is King of all Artists compared to any modern art.
My mother was into art, was an art historian, and I was around a lot of art, museums, lessons etc. I fancied that I liked modern art until when I was around 17 I went to a gallery and saw their new exhibit (this was in the late 1960s). It was a room filled with what looked exactly like oversized piles of dogs*** made out of white vinyl.
I walked out of the gallery and never wanted to rest my eyes on any “modern” art ever again.
what do you think of Al Hogue?
A shame for who? You?
If people like his work, wanna pay, so what?
What do you care?
“And as for art appreciation there are free or low cost classes at community colleges that will teach you to discern good art from bad.”
See, now I find it funny that some people are willing to part with cash based on some guy with a degree telling them something subjective, like art, can be ‘good’ or ‘bad’ to begin with.
Good to who? Bad to who? Based on what? Opinion. Nothing more.
If I had the choice between two equal quality prints of the Mona Lisa and a Disney animation scene, I’d take Walter’s product 100 out of 100 times.
Because to me, The ML isn’t something I like looking at. And some idiot with a degree in subjectivity isn’t gonna teach me anything I can figure out all by my lonesome.
Some bad art is so bad it's good, though I don't count the dead man's efforts among those.
I like that top one.
great point
His work is truly great!
Wish I could create something so magnificent, his paintings are magical.
Those are pretty good!
I think I see Santy Claus in the one..
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