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Autopsy for painter Thomas Kinkade
spero News ^ | April 09, 2012 | Martin Barillas

Posted on 04/10/2012 12:49:24 PM PDT by robowombat

Autopsy for painter Thomas Kinkade Monday, April 09, 2012 By Martin Barillas

The famed ‘painter of light’ Thomas Kinkade once said that his fervent wish was to make people happy. And judging by the numbers of his painters and copies circulating around the world, he indeed made many thousands of people happy with his work. Kinkade passed away on April 6 in Los Gatos, a suburb in the San Francisco Bay area. He claimed to be the nation's most collected living artist, earning him a reported $100 million a year in sales. It is reported that his work is found in 10 million homes in the United States alone. Before his Media Arts Group went private, the company took in $32 million per quarter from 4,500 dealers across the U.S. The cost of his paintings range from hundreds of dollars to more than $10,000. He often appeared at Christian churches across the country,.

An autopsy is expected on April 9 by the Santa Clara County coroner. No cause of death has been announced for the 54-year-old Kinkade who had been described as a devout Christian. According to business associates and interviews, the successful painted had dealt with his alcohol abuse, and a 2010 mug shot following an arrest went viral after a drunken driving charge. He pleaded no contest to that charge. He had also been separated for more than a year from his wife, Nanette, with who he had four daughters, all of whom had ‘Christian’ as a middle name. "Thom provided a wonderful life for his family," his wife, Nanette Kinkade, said in a statement. "We are shocked and saddened by his death."

Besides his wife, and their daughters Merritt, Chandler, Winsor and Everett, Kinkade is survived by a brother, Pat, who worked for the painter’s company. Thomas Kinkade Co. officials sent a message to distributors on April 6 that the business will continue as usual. A memorial on his website featured Mathew 5:4: "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted." He was mourned by family and friend at Los Gatos on April 6.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: autopsy; kinkade; painteroflight; thomaskinkade
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1 posted on 04/10/2012 12:49:31 PM PDT by robowombat
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To: robowombat

sorry but poker playing dogs on velvet just ain’t my taste..


2 posted on 04/10/2012 12:53:07 PM PDT by brivette
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To: robowombat
"the numbers of his painters ..."

I didn't know he used the paint-by-numbers method. That explains a lot.

3 posted on 04/10/2012 12:54:35 PM PDT by Martin Tell (ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it)
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To: robowombat

Too bad he is gone. He did really beautiful work that many of us really enjoy.


4 posted on 04/10/2012 12:55:53 PM PDT by Proud2BeRight
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To: robowombat

Kinkade was an innovator, no doubt, but his art became kind of pedestrian with so much repetition. He also had problems with proportion and depth of field that prevented his art from transcending the line between kitschy greeting card art and ‘masterpiece’ art.


5 posted on 04/10/2012 12:58:09 PM PDT by MeganC (No way in Hell am I voting for Mitt Romney. Not now, not ever. Deal with it.)
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To: brivette
They weren't all dogs playing poker...

6 posted on 04/10/2012 12:58:38 PM PDT by TSgt (The only reason I have one in the chamber at all times, is because it is impossible to have two in.)
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To: robowombat
Nanette, with who he had four daughters,

Grammar Car 54 where are you?

7 posted on 04/10/2012 12:58:54 PM PDT by DManA
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Nanette, with who he had four daughters,

Grammar Car 54 where are you?

8 posted on 04/10/2012 12:59:14 PM PDT by DManA
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To: brivette

I see you’re well informed regarding his work.......


9 posted on 04/10/2012 1:00:52 PM PDT by G Larry (We are NOT obliged to carry the snake in our pocket and then dismiss the bites as natural behavior.)
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To: G Larry

I stand corrected....


10 posted on 04/10/2012 1:07:12 PM PDT by brivette
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To: Martin Tell

he actually used surrogates and assembly line techniques.

he would paint a small bit or a stroke on a painting and claim it as his own and charge accordingly.


11 posted on 04/10/2012 1:10:08 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Martin Tell

Yep. Something wrong here. The whole thing is grammatically clumsy. It’s hard to believe that a professional writer penned this.


12 posted on 04/10/2012 1:11:36 PM PDT by davisfh
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To: robowombat
My wife and I were at a furniture store a few months ago and I saw a painting I really liked. By the time we got home I forgot the name of the artist. I recognized that it must have been Kinkade. I just found a wallpaper of the painting I liked.

http://www.deskpapers.com/thomas-kinkade.html


13 posted on 04/10/2012 1:12:56 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Over half of U.S. murders are of black people, and 90% of them are committed by other black people.)
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To: robowombat

The Medical Examiner will have to wear sunglasses to avoid being blinded by the Thousand Points Of Light he’ll find.....


14 posted on 04/10/2012 1:15:45 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (FOCUS ON FACTS: 0bamaCare Hated. Worst Recovery. Failed Stimulus. Worst Deficits.)
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To: longtermmemmory
he actually used surrogates and assembly line techniques.

Hard to fault him too much for that. Famous painters have regularly done that, hence all the "School of X" paintings.

His paintings were definitely emotional and lowbrow. That does not necessarily mean they were bad. I read a piece of serious criticism of his work a year or so ago (from NRO?). Conclusion was that his early stuff was very good, but he got lazy and sloppy over the years.

15 posted on 04/10/2012 1:19:07 PM PDT by Martin Tell (ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it)
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The pictures all look like greeting card illustrations. Nothing could be worse


16 posted on 04/10/2012 1:21:58 PM PDT by SMARTY ("The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings. "Henri Frederic Amiel)
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To: robowombat

Condolences to family and friends of Thomas Kinkade.


17 posted on 04/10/2012 1:29:21 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: brivette
It wasn't poker playing dogs. Sheesh!


18 posted on 04/10/2012 1:30:09 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: SMARTY
Try this: http://museumofbadart.org/

Makes Kinkade look like Rembrandt.

19 posted on 04/10/2012 1:31:43 PM PDT by Martin Tell (ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it)
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To: robowombat

Alcohol — “cunning, baffling, and powerful.” Having been granted a reprieve from that horrible addiction, my heart and prayers go out to anyone still under its deadly spell.


20 posted on 04/10/2012 1:40:57 PM PDT by hampdenkid
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