[King Black Robe]

I agree with you on the issue of investment. You don't but anything at an inflated price and expect to make money in your lifetime. Still, Kinkade is very good at what he does. Some of your comparisons are just apples and oranges. Kinkade is not attempting to do what those artists did. It is unrealistic on purpose and quite beautiful. It offers more of a feel than anything. It exaggerates for effect, very successfully so.

[AnAmericanMother]

I simply have to disagree with you, profoundly.

His stuff is not merely unrealistic; it's impossible. Even those who create fantasy have to stay within the bounds and rules of their own creation. Otherwise it is all meaningless.

He has a couple of cheap tricks with light that he has run into the ground - tricks that were known long ago and have been used better by people who actually understand light, perspective, anatomy, botany, etc. What you see as "beautiful" is merely a conjuring trick. Others do it better, and can actually paint.