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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

The FBI is investigating allegations that self-styled "Painter of Light" Thomas Kinkade and some of his top executives fraudulently induced investors to open galleries and then ruined them financially, former dealers contacted by federal agents said.

Investigators are focusing on issues raised in civil litigation by at least six former Thomas Kinkade Signature Gallery owners, people who have been contacted by the FBI said.

ADVERTISEMENTThe ex-owners allege in arbitration claims that, among other things, the artist known for his dreamily luminous landscapes and street scenes used his Christian faith to persuade them to invest in the independently owned stores, which sell only Kinkade's work.

"They really knew how to bait the hook," said one former dealer who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the case. "They certainly used the Christian hook."

Kinkade has denied the allegations in the civil litigation.

Two former dealers told the Los Angeles Times that they had been asked to provide documentation of their business relationships with Kinkade's company. They said agents asked for copies of dealer agreements, retail sales policies, training materials from "Thomas Kinkade University" and correspondence, including e-mail.

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To: MotleyGirl70

Kinkade, there's a place you can go.
I said, Kinkade, when you've lost all your dough.
You can stay there, and I'm sure you will find
Many ways to have a good time.

It's fun to stay at the p-m-i-t-a-f-p.
It's fun to stay at the p-m-i-t-a-f-p.

461 posted on 08/30/2006 1:33:34 PM PDT by Cagey
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To: MotleyGirl70
If we get caught, we're not going to white-collar resort prison.


462 posted on 08/30/2006 1:35:46 PM PDT by Toby06
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To: Cagey

ROFL!!!


463 posted on 08/30/2006 1:36:08 PM PDT by Toby06
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To: Cagey

464 posted on 08/30/2006 1:36:16 PM PDT by MotleyGirl70
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To: Toby06

Lol!


465 posted on 08/30/2006 1:36:59 PM PDT by MotleyGirl70
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To: trumandogz
Soon the "Printer of License Plates"

Ouch!!!

466 posted on 08/30/2006 1:38:00 PM PDT by Uncle Slayton (Texan Pride)
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To: GretchenM
Let's not forget Degas's splendid racehorses:

FWIW, his jockeys are obviously 19th c. - and French.

467 posted on 08/30/2006 1:41:50 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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To: pollyannaish

Bob Ross was also a retired 20-year veteran of the USAF.


468 posted on 08/30/2006 6:29:32 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: AnAmericanMother
This guy (Vargas) studied Degas:

....sort of

469 posted on 08/30/2006 6:34:08 PM PDT by woofie
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To: mockingbyrd; veronica
Parrish & Vermeer definitely! Both work magic with light, although each is different in style.

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Hopper (another master of light, and yet another style):

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470 posted on 08/30/2006 6:36:53 PM PDT by annie laurie (All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost)
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To: AnAmericanMother


Georgia is my favorite, especially her Poppies.


471 posted on 08/30/2006 6:40:52 PM PDT by angcat ("IF YOU DON'T STAND BEHIND OUR TROOPS, PLEASE, FEEL FREE TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM !")
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To: woofie
Oh, I like Vargas.

Compared to the dreck that passes for 'naughty pictures' these days, his girls are positively chaste.

472 posted on 08/30/2006 7:51:02 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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To: Verloona Ti

I love the second pic in #290. Thanks for the laugh.


473 posted on 08/30/2006 8:20:57 PM PDT by GretchenM (What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)
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To: AnAmericanMother

I made that Turner painting my desktop.


474 posted on 08/30/2006 8:31:51 PM PDT by GretchenM (What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)
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To: SlowBoat407

You might like this!

The Power of Music to Lift and Teach (Michael Ballam)
Michael Ballam

BYU Education Week 1998

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475 posted on 08/30/2006 11:11:02 PM PDT by restornu (Steadfast as we move into troublesome days ahead: We do not take counsel from our fears.)
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To: martin_fierro

The last time I saw people looking like that, they ate my flesh in a nightmare.


476 posted on 08/30/2006 11:20:20 PM PDT by sully777 (You have flies in your eyes--Catch-22)
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To: Cecily

Birdy is, I would think, intended to be symbolic of the Holy Spirit. (Which, according to gospel accounts, descended like a dove upon the baptized Jesus.)

I don't have a problem with Kinkade or anybody else doing spiritual art, kitsch, whatever. Let a zillion windows glow. But I know the Christian pep talk can cause some very well meaning folks ("look at all the souls you'll uplift!") get into some pretty rotten deals (they hardly ever sell anything to uplift a soul because the price$ are way too high). If Kinkade did that knowing this was pie in the sky, the courts of this earth aren't going to have much mercy on him.


477 posted on 08/30/2006 11:25:17 PM PDT by The Red Zone
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To: Cagey

what the world is that? i cannot find the meaning of that argot even on google.


478 posted on 08/30/2006 11:35:26 PM PDT by The Red Zone
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To: restornu

pinging myself for later enjoyment. (Gee, that didn't come out right...)


479 posted on 08/31/2006 3:41:08 AM PDT by SlowBoat407 (I've had it with these &%#@* jihadis on these &%#@* planes!)
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To: mockingbyrd

He's the glowing windows, doors, skyscape guy, not the palette and brush equivalent of a high contrast photographer. It purposely looks other worldly. It is a wonderful effect in the right mood. Sort of reminiscent of the older bulb-lit Christmas scenes before it got all cutesy with fiber and LEDs and digitized angel voices and whatnot.


480 posted on 08/31/2006 3:46:33 AM PDT by The Red Zone
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