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Dark clouds gather over 'Painter of Light' [Kinkade accused of drunken antics]
The Guardian (UK) ^ | March 25, 2006 | by Oliver Burkeman in New York

Posted on 03/24/2006 6:35:10 PM PST by aculeus

Entrepreneur artist who hangs in one in 20 US homes accused of fraud and drunken antics

"There's over 40 walls in the average American home," a business manager for the artist Thomas Kinkade once said, "and Thom says our job is to figure out how to populate every single wall in every single home and every single business throughout the world with his paintings."

Kinkade's luridly idyllic landscapes, full of quaint cottages and glowing firelight, already hang in an estimated one in 20 US homes. "In the often hurried, unsympathetic and complex world we live in, the images Thomas Kinkade paints offer a place of refuge," his company's literature purrs. "A place where the transient things of life give way to the things that matter most ... faith and family, a loving home and the people who know and love us."

Art critics have long dismissed his work as a kitsch crime against aesthetics. But now the world has grown even more "unsympathetic and complex" for the artist, who describes himself as a devout Christian and has trademarked his "Painter of Light" soubriquet. In court documents and other testimony, he has been accused of sexual harassment, fraudulent business practices and bizarre incidents of drunkenness including a habit of "ritual territory marking" that involves urinating in public places.

'Misleading picture'

A court-appointed arbitration panel has ruled in favour of two former owners of Kinkade-branded galleries, ordering his company to pay them $860,000 (£500,000) for breaching "the covenant of good faith and dealing" and failing to disclose pertinent business information.

(Excerpt) Read more at arts.guardian.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: art; assemblylineart; christian; hitpiece; kinkade; kitsch; liberalmedialies; paintbynumbers; schlock; thomaskinkade
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To: SlowBoat407
LOLROTFLMAO!!!!!!!

ALL that painting needed was Looter Guy!

( . . . does he know he's famous? )

121 posted on 03/24/2006 8:03:32 PM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: Cicero

GIVES FORMULA PAINTING A BAD NAME


122 posted on 03/24/2006 8:04:56 PM PST by maine-iac7 ("...BUT YOU CAN'T FOOL ALL THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME." Lincoln)
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To: SlowBoat407
WILL YOU STOP THAT?!!??

ROTFLMAO

123 posted on 03/24/2006 8:05:17 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: SlowBoat407

That's the official end of the thread!


124 posted on 03/24/2006 8:05:50 PM PST by Revolting cat! ("In the end, nothing explains anything.")
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To: Billthedrill

Hee hee


125 posted on 03/24/2006 8:05:58 PM PST by SlowBoat407 (The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
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To: Revolting cat!
That's the official end of the thread!

That's why I say the best stuff happens just before the thread snaps!

126 posted on 03/24/2006 8:07:21 PM PST by SlowBoat407 (The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
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To: SlowBoat407

That has to be the classic of all time! LOL.


127 posted on 03/24/2006 8:07:43 PM PST by Cecily
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To: woofie

LOL! Wow, this thread is hilarious. Who knew bad art could be so entertaining?


128 posted on 03/24/2006 8:08:43 PM PST by VegasCowboy ("...he wore his gun outside his pants, for all the honest world to feel.")
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To: pandoraou812
Well . . . here's a somewhat unusual take on bikers and skulls, from the Mexican folk artist Jose Guadalupe Posada . . .

. . . always been a favorite of mine.

129 posted on 03/24/2006 8:09:30 PM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: woofie
Currently hanging proudly in my Dining Room, in all it's track lighted glory...

Cost me a quarter. Including the frame.

130 posted on 03/24/2006 8:09:53 PM PST by TommyUdo (The De-Looks Shore Dinner)
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To: VegasCowboy
Who knew bad art could be so entertaining?

Uhm, anybody who does live in las Vegas!

131 posted on 03/24/2006 8:10:39 PM PST by Revolting cat! ("In the end, nothing explains anything.")
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To: TommyUdo

Hey, man, you got gypped. < g >


132 posted on 03/24/2006 8:12:11 PM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: SlowBoat407

ROTFLMAO!


133 posted on 03/24/2006 8:12:32 PM PST by VegasCowboy ("...he wore his gun outside his pants, for all the honest world to feel.")
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To: SlowBoat407

I think I have found my new wallpaper...that is toooo funny. Thanks for the post!!!


134 posted on 03/24/2006 8:12:48 PM PST by PennsylvaniaMom (Take the high road...the view is always better.)
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To: PennsylvaniaMom

It's late, I'm in a goofy mood. What can I say?


135 posted on 03/24/2006 8:13:51 PM PST by SlowBoat407 (The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
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To: aculeus

The snobbery is thick here tonight! I'd settle for being able to paint like that.


136 posted on 03/24/2006 8:16:41 PM PST by Graymatter
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To: bkepley

I am curious...why do you say that?


137 posted on 03/24/2006 8:17:04 PM PST by LiteKeeper (Beware the secularization of America; the Islamization of Eurabia)
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To: TommyUdo

Good find


138 posted on 03/24/2006 8:17:11 PM PST by woofie
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To: Revolting cat!

C'mon now. You obviously haven't seen the fine works of art adorning the walls of the buffet at Excalibur. Pure class!


139 posted on 03/24/2006 8:17:13 PM PST by VegasCowboy ("...he wore his gun outside his pants, for all the honest world to feel.")
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To: SlowBoat407

Put some lightbulbs in Looter mans tray and you have a winner


140 posted on 03/24/2006 8:21:43 PM PST by woofie
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