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Painter Said to Be Focus of FBI Probe (Thomas Kinkade)
Los Angeles Times ^ | August 29, 2006 | Kim Christiensen

Posted on 08/29/2006 2:34:35 PM PDT by Cecily

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1 posted on 08/29/2006 2:34:36 PM PDT by Cecily
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2 posted on 08/29/2006 2:37:43 PM PDT by fishtank
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used his Christian faith to persuade them to invest in the independently owned stores, which sell only Kinkade's work.

uhnnn...so, what, if he used black magic, it would've been OK?

I mean, wtf?

Now, having said that, I will say that the one or two times I wandered into one of those galleries I thought they were way over done, a little high on the snob-appeal, and really kinda weird.

It was better when he was just a painter. Who knows what sorta stuff his promoters did in his name, anyway.

3 posted on 08/29/2006 2:39:09 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (hack for liberty.)
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The prices were too high. That's was the gallery problem. Beautiful work, sure. But they were prints, not originals.


4 posted on 08/29/2006 2:40:36 PM PDT by King Black Robe
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To: Cecily

Looks like he may have played the Christian angle to further his career.

He'd make a good Democrat politician.


5 posted on 08/29/2006 2:41:04 PM PDT by digger48
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To: fishtank

Coming Soon:

The Thomas Kinkade Prison Series...


"Kinkade's Paintings of Prisons from Prison!"


6 posted on 08/29/2006 2:41:58 PM PDT by trumandogz
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To: Liz; Joe 6-pack; woofie; vannrox; giotto; iceskater; Conspiracy Guy; Dolphy; Intolerant in NJ; ...

Art ping


7 posted on 08/29/2006 2:42:23 PM PDT by Sam Cree (Don't mix alcopops and ufo's)
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To: fishtank

I've got a mansion just over the hilltop,
in that bright land where we'll never grow old.....

Lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven...


8 posted on 08/29/2006 2:43:33 PM PDT by Esther Ruth (Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is thy keeper!)
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To: Cecily

I suspect the LA Times inserted the Christian part to emphasize the use of hate-speech tactics according to the experts in hate-speech at the LATimes. The paintings are indeed beautiful. I own a couple of replicas.


9 posted on 08/29/2006 2:43:42 PM PDT by Neoliberalnot
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>Thomas Kinkade and some of his top executives fraudulently induced investors to open galleries and then ruined them financially

"The Bob Ross method
is a wet-on-wet technique
involving no fraud . . ."








10 posted on 08/29/2006 2:44:25 PM PDT by theFIRMbss
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I've always wondered about the sheer volume of paintings he's produced. Figured he must have a team of artists doing work under his name.

(Of course, I used to wonder the same thing about Stephen King. "Here's the idea, now fill in the holes.")

11 posted on 08/29/2006 2:44:45 PM PDT by scan59 (No matter where you go, there you are.)
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wow !art! ...and I was beginning to think we are a culturally bereft nation


12 posted on 08/29/2006 2:45:06 PM PDT by woofie
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To: Cecily

He might shift from Painter of Light to Painter of $


13 posted on 08/29/2006 2:46:27 PM PDT by woofie
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To: fishtank

As always, his paintings lack logic.

1. It is the middle of the day and the sun is shining, but the streetlight is burning and so is every light in the house.

2. The foliage and flowers indicate the season is late spring or summer (and presumably warm outside), but a fire is burning inside the house (see chimmney smoke).


I think it is all Kinkade's little joke.


14 posted on 08/29/2006 2:46:28 PM PDT by Cecily (`)
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"uhnnn...so, what, if he used black magic, it would've been OK?"

That wasn't meant as an attack on Christianity, I don't think, more an observation of the use of it for a questionable commecrial purpose.

15 posted on 08/29/2006 2:47:07 PM PDT by Sam Cree (Don't mix alcopops and ufo's)
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Its really Global Warming that he is painting


16 posted on 08/29/2006 2:47:58 PM PDT by woofie
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"and I was beginning to think we are a culturally bereft nation:

bereft...yeah...

17 posted on 08/29/2006 2:48:13 PM PDT by Sam Cree (Don't mix alcopops and ufo's)
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To: Cecily

Christ is not a commodity. Using Christianity to hawk one's wares is roughly akin to the money changers in the temple and we all know how that turned out.

Christians need to start focusing on Christ in our own lives and quit using him as a "social thing."


18 posted on 08/29/2006 2:48:25 PM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: theFIRMbss

Better than sleeping pills or acupuncture. The most relaxing Sunday afternoon activity on the planet.

Sigh. I miss Bob "happy little trees" Ross.


19 posted on 08/29/2006 2:50:20 PM PDT by pollyannaish
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So what? Let's say I'm a Druid, and I want to sell gizmos and I know the people I'm trying to sell them to are Druids, and I go to them and say: "Hey, I'm a Druid, too!" in order curry their favor and further my sales.

So, what's wrong with that, morally - much less legally? What am I missing here?


20 posted on 08/29/2006 2:51:20 PM PDT by Pravious
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