*** He had so many utterly dopey paintings, such as the one below, of buildings improbably placed feet away from mountain streams (all ready to be flooded come spring thaw)***
My thoughts exactly. I saw one of his paintings that almost made me go blind. Nice painting of a country lane going up to a bandstand. Then the path splits. The left eye wants to go left, and the right eye wants to go right. I felt cross eyed for the rest of the day.
I agree with you on Kinkade. Too many sources of light. My eyes skip all around when I look at his pictures. They’re too busy.
Note the paintings of Caravaggio. One strong, dramatic source of light. A true master of light.