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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? )
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posted on
03/24/2006 8:03:32 PM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
To: Cicero
GIVES FORMULA PAINTING A BAD NAME
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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)
To: SlowBoat407
WILL YOU STOP THAT?!!??
ROTFLMAO
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.")
To: Billthedrill
125
posted on
03/24/2006 8:05:58 PM PST
by
SlowBoat407
(The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
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!
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posted on
03/24/2006 8:07:21 PM PST
by
SlowBoat407
(The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
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
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.")
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.
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posted on
03/24/2006 8:09:30 PM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
To: woofie
Currently hanging proudly in my Dining Room, in all it's track lighted glory...
Cost me a quarter. Including the frame.
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posted on
03/24/2006 8:09:53 PM PST
by
TommyUdo
(The De-Looks Shore Dinner)
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.")
To: TommyUdo
Hey, man, you got gypped. < g >
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posted on
03/24/2006 8:12:11 PM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
To: SlowBoat407
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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.")
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.)
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.)
To: aculeus
The snobbery is thick here tonight! I'd settle for being able to paint like that.
To: bkepley
I am curious...why do you say that?
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posted on
03/24/2006 8:17:04 PM PST
by
LiteKeeper
(Beware the secularization of America; the Islamization of Eurabia)
To: TommyUdo
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posted on
03/24/2006 8:17:11 PM PST
by
woofie
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!
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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.")
To: SlowBoat407
Put some lightbulbs in Looter mans tray and you have a winner
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posted on
03/24/2006 8:21:43 PM PST
by
woofie
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