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, Kinkades 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.
I wouldn’t characterize Thomas Kinkade as a “Christian” artist, but rather a “Horrible” one.
Kitsch ain’t got nothin’ on Thomas.
Rockport artist by the name of Polzin.
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Rockport Texas.
AAAarrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
My eyes!!!!
You have to post a warning akin to the Helen Thomas warning about potential visual impairment.
I'm a fan of impressionism, and modern painting in an impressionist style. Just don't make it overwrought cutesie pie, like Kinkade.
Great work.
Not bad, not bad, sort of Edward Hopper meets Andrew Wyeth.
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.”
Tromp Olay! (trompe l’oeil)
How bout’ starving-while-drinking-oneself-to-death-while-dying-of-tuberculosis-in-a-garret artists?
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
Yep, Wyeth was his mentor.
Move ovah! William Michael Harnett.
Move ovah! John Frederick Peto.
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.
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.
Clearly, Edward Hopper was a major influence for Bartlett. And there is certainly nothing wrong with that.
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.
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