Posted on 06/17/2010 9:26:33 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
California law enforcement officials say well-known Christian painter and artist Thomas Kinkade spent a night in jail last week after being arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.
California Highway Patrol officials said Monday that Kinkade was pulled over outside Carmel and arrested by a CHP officer just after 10 p.m. Friday
Kinkade "displayed signs of impairment to the officer," California Highway Patrol spokesman Robert Lehman reported.
The 52-year-old painter and father of four was released Saturday morning after posting bail.
Requests for a statement from the Thomas Kinkade Co. were not immediately responded to, though The Associated Press reported Monday that the company said it was reviewing the allegations.
Touted on his website as the "Painter of Light" and “America's most collected living artist,” Kinkade is described as a "devout Christian" who “uses his gift as a vehicle to communicate and spread inherent life-affirming values.”
In April, Kinkade attended the reopening of the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, N.C., for which he created a special 32-foot mural titled “The Cross.”
In addition to the mural, Kinkade’s company has also been reportedly working very closely with the Billy Graham Foundation on promotion and marketing for the library.
In the past, Kinkade has worked extensively with World Vision Charities and The Salvation Army, and has been the national spokesperson for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
He began publishing his work in 1984.
His original work may be worth something. Everything else will be worth a big fat zero, because he's oversaturated his own market.
It matters not, from an investment standpoint, that Kinkade has received his "earthly reward", and Van Gogh never did. But let's look at Van Gogh. He left 900 paintings, 150 watercolors, and about 1200 drawings behind him when he committed suicide. That's a total worldwide supply of only 2250 unique works of art---a far lower number than can be had in just ONE of Thomas Kinkade's "Limitless Editions" of one image. One of two things will have to happen before the "Limitless Editions" will increase in value---either 3/4 of the supply will have to disappear, or the world's population will have to quadruple.
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