Thomas Kincade Dead (finally)

[Kimberly]

Another grave dancing thread.

Sat Apr 7, 2012, 07:46 AM
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 Thomas Kincade Dead (finally)
California artist Thomas Kinkade, the "Painter of Light" whose brushwork paintings of idyllic landscapes, cottages and churches were big sellers for dealers across the country, died Friday, a family spokesman said.

Kinkade, 54, died at his home in Los Gatos in the Bay Area of what appeared to be natural causes, David Satterfield said.

Kinkade's sentimental paintings — with their cottages, country gardens and churches in dewy morning light — were beloved by middle-class America but generally dismissed by the art establishment.

The paintings typically depict tranquil scenes with lush landscaping and streams running nearby. Many contain images from Bible passages.

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I generally hold my tongue when people I dislike fall ill or die. But today I will grant myself a one-time pass on decorum to dance on this huckster's hackneyed-ass, tired, trite, simplistic, saccharine grave.

He ran galleries into ruin with the contractual demands for being allowed to sell his work. He was a right wing shill and cared more about money than he ever cared about art.

He was an abusive, alcoholic asshole. And I hope that before the decade is out, everything he has ever touched in this world turns to absolute, irretrievable dust.

[ChuckJ]

More love and compassion from the self-proclaimed party of love and compassion.

Thanks TalkingDog for once more showing America how nice you guys are.

[BannedFromDU]

Another grave dancing thread.
 

     Rich c*** Kathleen Peterson, who fancies herself an art expert because she encourages kids to become artists, says the following:

kpete
3. 2 words

thank you

peace, kpete

     So, basically, unless you do art her way and become rich and famous her way, she will celebrate your death despite the protests of MANY DUMMIES.

     Wow. Kathleen Peterson of a gated community in wealthy N. Poway, CA, who lives in the type of McMansion that usually displays Kinkade art, sure has her nose in the air. I wonder why she doesn't live where other hipper-than-thou art types live in San Diego: North Park, Talmadge, Hillcrest...hmmmmm.

     What a scumbag she is. I wish her ill.

[BEG]

Yeah...he is just as bad as that Piss Christ guy. 

You people are jackals. 

[Kyle Ricky]

It sounds to me like he is upset because kinkade was a right winger. That is reason enough to hate him I guess? What a douchebag.

[Ballygrl]

<shakes head> beautiful cottages and landscapes are considered junk, a Cross put into urine is considered art, go figure.

[Kyle Ricky]

Now I want to watch Bob Ross.

[Ballygrl]

Let me see, I just read the wiki on Thomas Kinklade (BTW, to the OP at DU, that's the correct spelling, well back to the wiki, what a "horrible person":

Charities and affiliations

Kinkade has supported non-profit organizations focusing on children, humanitarian relief, and the arts, including the Make-a-Wish Foundation, World Vision, Art for Children Charities, and The Salvation Army.[citation needed] He was a member of the Church of the Nazarene.[citation needed]

In 2002, he partnered with The Salvation Army to create two charity prints, The Season of Giving and The Light of Freedom. Proceeds from the sale of the prints were donated to The Salvation Army for their relief efforts at Ground Zero and to aid the victims of the September 11 attacks and their families in New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington D.C. More than $2 million was donated as a result of this affiliation. In 2003, Kinkade was chosen as a National Spokesman for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and during the 20 Years of Light Tour in 2004, he raised over $750,000 and granted 12 wishes for children with life-threatening medical conditions.[25]

In 2005, the Points of Light Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to engaging more people more effectively in volunteer service to help solve serious social problems, named Kinkade as Ambassador of Light. He was the second person in the Foundation's 15-year history to be chosen as Ambassador, the first being the organization's founder, former U.S. President George H. W. Bush.[25] During his Ambassador of Light Tour, Kinkade visited cities nationwide to raise awareness and money for the Points of Light Foundation and the Volunteer Center National Network, which serves more than 360 Points of Light member Volunteer Centers in communities across the country.

Archbishop Mitty High School of San Jose dedicated their theater complex in his name due to various donations.

[Evil_Conservative]

That's just sad.  RIP to this man.  I am not familiar with his work, but they sound lovely just from the descriptions.  Why exactly are the DUmmies grave dancing?  Is it because they can't afford his art or because of the Bible passages?

[Ogre]

That's just sad.  RIP to this man.  I am not familiar with his work, but they sound lovely just from the descriptions.  Why exactly are the DUmmies grave dancing?  Is it because they can't afford his art or because of the Bible passages?

Probably both, the DUmmies are as ugly on the inside as they are on the outside.

[Rufus2010]

Stay classy, DUmmies. 

[Rebel]

Lemme guess, dismissed by the art establishment because you could actually understand what the **** you were looking at?

[Mr Mannn]

This is what apparently did not fit in with the artiste community...
and you can just see the conservatism dripping off the paintings...painting art and making a good living from it is what upsets the DUmmies. Why I'll bet he never even applied for govt grant money...the fiend!

He was a great artist, but somewhere along the line he let slip he voted for Reagan or something, and liberal galleries wouldn't display his paintings.

This is a guy who never made a speech, never embarrassed a liberal, He was just a [painter out to make a living...and DUmmie progressives leap for joy now that he's dead. This reveals a lot about the character of a liberal.



edit to add, I found these and a LOT more with a search on Bing images, thomas kincade paintings

[dixierose]

That's just sad.  RIP to this man.  I am not familiar with his work, but they sound lovely just from the descriptions.  Why exactly are the DUmmies grave dancing?  Is it because they can't afford his art or because of the Bible passages?

Here's one of my favorites of his. I collect lighthouses, so I have a copy of this on hanging in my living room...

[Mr Mannn]

Hi5 to Dixie for good taste.

[jukin]

What a truly pathetic bunch of assholes. Liberalism, mental disease proven again. The pure hate these people have for such minor items in their lives.  

[chitownchica]

I've never been a fan of his work, but it's not because I have good taste in art. I just don't like his style of work no matter who it is. Still, why on earth would you celebrate the man's death?

[BlueStateSaint]

My wife's no fan of his, either, but she's not celebrating his demise.

[BEG]

marions ghost
72. Someone who has his "art" in 1 in 20 households in America IS important

-- this is the death of one of the most brilliant socially-approved scam artists of our time.

You're off base here, MineralMan. Kinkade had his finger on the pulse of America. And he lined his pockets on the exploitation of the fact that most Americans will buy anything they think other people are buying, especially if it represents a vague notion of "security."

Kinkade sold" hope and inspiration"--not art. But the poor people who invested (one I read up to $80K) did not know that. They believed they were buying something of value.

This is an important story and it's totally appropriate to bring attention to scoundrels like Kinkade and Bernie Madoff.

Kind of like democrats.

[BEG]

Response to MineralMan (Reply #84)Sat Apr 7, 2012, 11:43 AM
 marions ghost
102. Censorship is not OK either--

I don't celebrate Kinkade's death--you can never kill greed and avarice, so there's no reason to celebrate.
I don't see the negative reactions here as celebration. It's important to get to some truth about who he really was, instead of buying the pap & it's necessary to be negative to do that about Kinkade. It is time to judge him, not to nit pick about semantics.

The bigger picture: Someone who has had an impact on American life and culture in a big way has died. His legacy of unoriginal, falsely-represented paintings live on, to bear witness to the Kinkade phenomenon. A LOT of people don't like what he stood for and HOW he did what he did--the lies, the fraud in the name of "art" (and in the name of "Christianity" I might add--what he did was certainly not what I think of as Christian).

Kinkade's life and work was ugly and shameful.
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Oh the irony. 

[ChuckJ]

Response to MineralMan (Reply #84)Sat Apr 7, 2012, 11:43 AM
 marions ghost
102. Censorship is not OK either--

I don't celebrate Kinkade's death--you can never kill greed and avarice, so there's no reason to celebrate.
I don't see the negative reactions here as celebration. It's important to get to some truth about who he really was, instead of buying the pap & it's necessary to be negative to do that about Kinkade. It is time to judge him, not to nit pick about semantics.

The bigger picture: Someone who has had an impact on American life and culture in a big way has died. His legacy of unoriginal, falsely-represented paintings live on, to bear witness to the Kinkade phenomenon. A LOT of people don't like what he stood for and HOW he did what he did--the lies, the fraud in the name of "art" (and in the name of "Christianity" I might add--what he did was certainly not what I think of as Christian).

Kinkade's life and work was ugly and shameful.
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An opinion on what is not Christian from the DUmp?

The website who wants to steal money from those of us who earned it and give it to those too lazy to work.
The website who wants to be able to murder unborn babies at will.
The website who worships 0 and the government before God.
The website who has put out more fables (Bouncy Tales) than the brothers Grimm.
The website who covets anything that someone else has of value.
The website who treats any parent who is conservative like crap.
The website who will make a false accusation against a conservative at the drop of a hat.
The website who thinks church's should be silenced.
The website who thinks adultery is fine as long as it is a lib politician doing it.

Yeah, that's the place that should be telling people what is and is not Christian.

[Ballygrl]

I think his paintings were beautiful, especially the cottages, whenever I see them I think how beautiful it must be to live in 1.

[miskie]

That's just sad.  RIP to this man.  I am not familiar with his work, but they sound lovely just from the descriptions.  Why exactly are the DUmmies grave dancing?  Is it because they can't afford his art or because of the Bible passages?

Its probably the churches - primitives hate anyone who performs or produces some sort of art (music, poetry, stage, screen, etc etc) who isn't firmly planted on the left almost as much as they hate Republican minorities.

RE Affordability: Kincade prints and lithos are a dime a dozen.  Even a primitive can scrape together enough Cheeto-stained money to purchase one.

[DLR Pyro]

The paintings typically depict tranquil scenes with lush landscaping and streams running nearby. Many contain images from Bible passages.

I'm guessing this is a big source of irritation with the DUmmies. 

[Rebel]

I'm guessing this is a big source of irritation with the DUmmies.

Most definitely.