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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
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To: tutstar
I don't have to know much about the proper interview process to know that Jerry Springer is a reprobate and I don't have to know diddly about art to know that Kinkade is a pure conman who has fooled many people. If he has fooled you as well, I can sympathize as I have been fooled myself by people I should never have trusted.
Live and learn. You have learned a - relatively - inexpensive lesson.
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posted on
03/24/2006 9:36:18 PM PST
by
keithtoo
(It's STILL not safe to vote Democrat)
To: stands2reason
![](http://www.museumofbadart.org/images/p-pop-portrait-10.jpg)
Peter the cat
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posted on
03/24/2006 9:36:45 PM PST
by
woofie
To: VegasCowboy
For more bad art fun, check out the
Museum of Bad Art.If the site doesn't make you don't laugh your butt off, I'll give you a dollar.
To: annelizly
184
posted on
03/24/2006 9:37:19 PM PST
by
lonestar
(Me, too--Weinie)
To: Trajan88
I love Hopper. His paintings -- whether they have no people, one person or a group -- are just achingly lonely. I can't think of another artist who can convey any emotion that strongly in two dimensions.
![](http://www.experiment.ru/img/inset/2/large/theatre.jpg)
More at More here
To: Cecily
Kinkade was bad but that guy was just strange. I remember him from PBS. Paint a picture in 30 minutes while talking to your brushes. Whatever he was on, it must have been some good stuff.
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posted on
03/24/2006 9:42:12 PM PST
by
billbears
(Deo Vindice)
To: keithtoo
Have any of you stopped to look at the source for this story? The British liberal rag the Guardian is well known for trashing conservatives with twisted truth and sometimes outright lies.
I don't see where Kincaide has ever been arrested for drunken or rude behaviour. If you notice, the testimony about his supposed shocking behavior came from 'former' employees. Without even seeing the whole court testimony I'm not judging Kincaide on the basis of a Guardian trash article. The testimony of the 'former' employees might have been discounted in court for all you know.
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posted on
03/24/2006 9:42:41 PM PST
by
Elyse
To: Tribune7
It must have been after about the third bottle of Chevas when probability didn't seem to matter.
188
posted on
03/24/2006 9:43:53 PM PST
by
Frwy
To: OldCorps; joesnuffy
Sounds like you guys are cruising for a bruising!
189
posted on
03/24/2006 9:44:13 PM PST
by
Howlin
("It doesn't have a policy. It doesn't need to have a policy. What's the point of a Democratic policy)
To: stands2reason
190
posted on
03/24/2006 9:45:28 PM PST
by
Cecily
To: tutstar
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.![](http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/rnc/intel_thomas_175.jpg)
You're darn tootin'!
To: Old Seadog
I dunno...he was kinda skimpy with the color blue there, doncha think?
To: sleddogs
sleddogs,
You aren't tacky, you just know what you like and aren't afraid to say so. Who's to say what you should hang on your wall? Do you think you need the approval of the NYT art critics? (NO! Just the approval of your wife.) If I wanted a Kinkade or a Velvet Elvis or whatever on my wall, I'd get one and hang it and enjoy it.
Actually, I'm not too fond of Velvet paintings at this point in my life, but I when I was little I used to like to see them wherever it was they were being sold. Tourist traps?
I do kind of like the Kinkades, though. I don't know if I like them enough to hang one in my house, but I wouldn't rule it out. I think I just like other things better.
My "tacky" confession: Sometimes I put ketchup on my steak!
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posted on
03/24/2006 9:46:42 PM PST
by
generally
(Ask me about FReepers Folding@Home)
To: Howlin; All
194
posted on
03/24/2006 9:47:54 PM PST
by
woofie
To: PennsylvaniaMom
but I have the same comment (it looks like my perfect hometown in my mind's eye) about another artist...Charles Wysocki. I really love those; I work all his puzzles.
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posted on
03/24/2006 9:48:33 PM PST
by
Howlin
("It doesn't have a policy. It doesn't need to have a policy. What's the point of a Democratic policy)
To: Cecily
Where is the driveway and car park area? Do the people who live in these houses come and go by canoe, or what? How are the houses connnected to the main road?Oh, you and my husband would get along JUST great.
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posted on
03/24/2006 9:49:35 PM PST
by
Howlin
("It doesn't have a policy. It doesn't need to have a policy. What's the point of a Democratic policy)
To: Blue Jays
Hi All- Very little is heard about Thomas Kinkade's older brother, the famous producer Ruben Kinkade who revolutionized the 1970's music scene:
Ruben Kinkade
~ Blue Jays ~
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posted on
03/24/2006 9:51:58 PM PST
by
Blue Jays
(Rock Hard, Ride Free)
To: AnAmericanMother
I used to dismiss Rockwell as sentimental and not "edgy" enough, until I saw this:
![](http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/ij/images/illustra_rockwl.problm.lg.JPG)
And his "Four Freedoms" series:
![](http://www.tlcsealy.org/Pictures/four-freedoms-freedom-of-speech-norman-rockwell-a.jpg)
![](http://www.tlcsealy.org/Pictures/four-freedoms-freedom-of-worship-norman-rockwell-a.jpg)
![](http://www.tlcsealy.org/Pictures/four-freedoms-freedom-from-fear-norman-rockwell-a.jpg)
He was clearly a gifted artist, who most of the time turned his talents toward sentimental subjects. Whether that was his personal preference or a commercial decision, I cannot say. But even when his work is a bit to sweet for my taste, it's a genuine sweetness, not saccharine like Kincade.
To: Blue Jays
I think TK painted the bus for one of his brother's clients during his "Painter of Legos" period.
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posted on
03/24/2006 9:56:26 PM PST
by
Cecily
To: TommyUdo
You have some interesting art. I like the other one you posted as well.
At first glance, I thought this one reminded me of President JFK, then I see it is dated 1963. Faskinatin.
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posted on
03/24/2006 9:57:10 PM PST
by
arasina
(So there.)
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