The first and every time I hear Kinkade's name is from people saying "hey look at this Kinkade painting, he's a Christian" or "lets go into the Kinkade store, he's a Christian". I about gag every time. I think to many people buy his stuff solely because his is a "Christian" then the quality of his art.
I like Jim Gray's paintings. He has done a lot of paintings of the Smoky Mountains, but also some abroad and seacoast related. He is very prolific, but I don't really know much about him; have wondered how he turns out as much as he does.