This one was two bucks (as you can see). I love Cheap Art!!!
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.
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The cat tips its hat to ya - this is subversion of the highest kind!
ROTFLMAO!
That is fall in the floor good.
hehehehhehe
I like only one of Kincaid's paintings. It is of a street scene, in the rain near dusk and his wife and children are featured along with automobiles of the era and the store windows are golden with lighting.
LOL...
Game, Set, Match, Heineken!!!
That is real nice. The bartender is opening a wine bottle, isn't he, his pose suggests.
Man, that looks like a nice cottage in which to chug a brew.
Y'all gotta see this!
Do you want Looter Man to get electrocuted out in that creek? I guess a flashlight that casts a soft, orangey glow would be okay.
I was thinking Christmas lights
Hands down wihhah for PhotoShop of the Year!
This one was two bucks (as you can see). I love Cheap Art!!!
Maybe he needs a Santa outfit too, to go along with the theme of the picture.
The Amish will be crushed. The latest trend in Amish decorating (in our district, anyway) was TK knick-knacks, tapestry throws, calendars, etc.
That's good too. I'll need to start looking look again at the "Art Department" of my local Goodwill where I usually buy my brand new Nordstrom dress shirts to wear to work.
Ok, what is that looter Guy has in his basket? I cant make it out....
I have always called for a return to beauty in the visual arts, but this fellow makes my job difficult. It's sad, too, because he's not a bad technician. What about the slander against him? Rich people attract liars.
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