Christian Artist Thomas Kinkade Arrested on Suspicion of DUI

Christian Post ^ | 06/17/2010 | Lawrence D. Jones

[Uncle Miltie]

I wouldn’t characterize Thomas Kinkade as a “Christian” artist, but rather a “Horrible” one.

Kitsch ain’t got nothin’ on Thomas.

[patriot08]

Wow. Look at this guy’s work:
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.kylepolzin.com/rca08/hydrangias.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.kylepolzin.com/rca08/&usg=__pd99Gm9zGFTFCpqHitH6bstkINI=&h=725&w=713&sz=584&hl=en&start=191&itbs=1&tbnid=hBR8LBf1ondMuM:&tbnh=140&tbnw=138&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddalhart%2Bwindberg%26start%3D180%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26tbs%3Disch:1

Rockport artist by the name of Polzin.

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[patriot08]

Rockport Texas.

[Uncle Miltie]

AAAarrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

My eyes!!!!

You have to post a warning akin to the Helen Thomas warning about potential visual impairment.

[Uncle Miltie]

I own a Ghambaro similar to this one, which while in the same vein as Kinkade, is at least fully original, and less plastic, repetetive, and put on.

I'm a fan of impressionism, and modern painting in an impressionist style. Just don't make it overwrought cutesie pie, like Kinkade.

[oblomov]

Here is a contemporary painter I like...Bo Bartlett:

[Jet Jaguar]

Great work.

[sinanju]

Not bad, not bad, sort of Edward Hopper meets Andrew Wyeth.

[Joe 6-pack]

I have a degree in art history, but nowhere in four years of study did we discuss the differentiation between “starving artists” and “thirsty artists.”

[sinanju]

Tromp Olay! (trompe l’oeil)

[sinanju]

How bout’ starving-while-drinking-oneself-to-death-while-dying-of-tuberculosis-in-a-garret artists?

[patriot08]

Arizona, here's your 'Texas Royalty':

I have this print:

More by Tx artist Winberg:

http://www.google.com/images?q=dalhart+windberg&hl=en&gbv=2&tbs=isch:1&ei=KhAbTOK9LMKBlAe63q3zDA&sa=N&start=0&ndsp=20

[Joe 6-pack]

[oblomov]

Yep, Wyeth was his mentor.

[sinanju]

Move ovah! William Michael Harnett.

Move ovah! John Frederick Peto.

[sinanju]

I read that the stuff about Franz Hals being a boozer were made up. That the innuendo about the bold brushwork and lack of underdrawing in his later portraits were so that he could toss them off in one sitting and sell them for beer money was a total canard.

[Joe 6-pack]

Well, you have to admit that intoxication is a recurring theme in his work, and one he appears to be quite familiar with...

[sinanju]

Sorry, that Winberg fella doesn’t do it for me.

There’s a fine line between “good painting” and “genre painting” and Winberg, while competent, doesn’t make it out of the gate.

I’d rather look at a Charlie Russell or a James Bama for that matter.

[ReignOfError]

Clearly, Edward Hopper was a major influence for Bartlett. And there is certainly nothing wrong with that.

[kelly4c]

Same here. I buy and hang on my walls what makes me feel good, happy, whatever. And some of these cozy little scenes totally do that for me. I dont’ care if his work is considered light and fluffy, or doesn’t “reflect how things truly are.” After all, we LIVE what things truly are. I like a painting that invokes a bit of fantasy, idealism, and is beautiful to the eye.