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In reply to the discussion: Thomas Kinkade, one of nation's most popular painters, dies in Los Gatos [View all]juajen
(8,515 posts)158. BS! Of course you can love the work of all of these artists. I love what my baby grandson draws,
and some people buy art that is drawn by elephants, etc. Honestly, art is just putting media to paper. Of course, some will be marketed and some won't, that's the way of the world.
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Thomas Kinkade, one of nation's most popular painters, dies in Los Gatos [View all]
UrbScotty
Apr 2012
OP
I don't care what the art critics say. I get a cozy feeling looking at his paintings.
pacalo
Apr 2012
#15
Only a conservative Christian could make millions on paintings that bad.
mistertrickster
Apr 2012
#52
Actually, the Los Gatos police participate in our county homeless collaborative
KamaAina
Apr 2012
#82
Unfortunately, you're already being proved right, CC...his death won't stop the flow...
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2012
#104
BS! Of course you can love the work of all of these artists. I love what my baby grandson draws,
juajen
Apr 2012
#158
A more accurate comparison for Kinkade would be Lawrence Welk, not rock and roll of the 50s
Tom Ripley
Apr 2012
#79
The problem is Welk took great music and ruined it with his horrendous arrangements.
EFerrari
Apr 2012
#107
He certainly had a distinctive style and a knack for marketing. Like Ted deGrazia on steroids.
slackmaster
Apr 2012
#43
2006: Arbitration board awards $860,000 in damages and $1.2 million in fees and expenses to victims.
NYC_SKP
Apr 2012
#55
Middle Aged, Suburban, Republican White Ladies are probably in deep mourning.
FLAprogressive
Apr 2012
#86
His real legacy is that he's changed how commercial art is sold and marketed
OmahaBlueDog
Apr 2012
#102
No, it was not his actual work. The reproductions were cleverly disguised
marions ghost
Apr 2012
#149
1. I went to one of the Kinkade galleries once in the 90's--the line was deliberately blurred
marions ghost
Apr 2012
#150