Post here if you love Kinkade!

[StopTheMorans]

hell, i don't even know what his stuff looks like, but to me, it sounds like a really fun brand of koolaid :crazy:

[terrya]

1. It's boring, tedious, dreary stuff.

It's fucking production line "art". Have you seen those commericals where they'll advertise some "art sale" at a Holiday Inn somewhere? And show some examples of what you'll be buying? It's stuff you might get to match the living room furniture. And Thomas Kinkade's shit is just on that level.

Oh. I misunderstood your post, STM. I thought it was "Post here if you think Thomas Kinkade is a worthless, no talent, hack piece of shit". See what happens when you post before that first coffee of the morning? :-)

[StopTheMorans]

2. i have to admit, Terry, that i have an EXTREMELY poorly-developed

sense of what constitutes "good" art. alas, i'm all too uncultured in that aspect :cry:

[Zuni]

19. I'm with you

I thought a beeramid we built our beachouse was damn fine art myself.

[StopTheMorans]

24. that sounds incredible; do you sell any pics of that?

[Liberal Veteran]

3. Self-proclaimed "Painter of Light"

And by "light" he apparently talking about the subject matter, which is as breezy and as deep as Poker Dogs and Fluffy Kittens and Cherubs.

The paintings "look" good, but they are really crap.

[StopTheMorans]

hey, i love Poker Dogs

piss off :P :7

[Liberal Veteran]

11. Actually, Poker Dogs is a bit more whimsical than Kinkade.

But I doubt we'll ever see either Kinkade or Poker Dogs at a Soethby's auction selling for millions of dollars.

[Bridget Burke]

22. Two poker-playing dog paintings went for $590,400 recently.

At high-end Doyle Auction House and Gallery in New York. They were originals by Cassius Coolidge:

http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/16/news/newsmakers/poker_dogs/

And be on the lookout for originals by Leeteg of Tahiti--the great artiste of painting on black velvet:

www.spectator.net/EDPAGES/lee.html

The work of either gentleman is right in line with certain trends in art as explicated in Juxtapoz magazine & exhibited at the wonderful La Luz de Jesus gallery:

www.laluzdejesus.com

With his lame technique & cloying subject matter, Thomas Kinkade can only suffer by comparison.

[kick-ass-bob]

4. I dunno. But do you like my sig?

[StopTheMorans]

7. heck yes I do!

:thumbsup: :yourock: :bounce: bring me your firstborn!

[chickenscratching]

5. i hate him i hate him I HATE HIM~!

a degenerate piece of shit if i ever knew one.


:puke:

[StopTheMorans]

8. that is a beautiful painting; i think it might be the best one i've ever

seen :loveya:

[chickenscratching]

12. i'm puking all over the floor now

:puke:
seriously, look at this moustachio!

[StopTheMorans]

13. nice mustache!

:thumbsup:

[Liberal Veteran]

16. If painting doesn't pan out, he can always join the Village People.

That mustache will definately get him a job with them.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

6. Thomas Kinkade sucks

:puke:

[StopTheMorans]

9. does he charge for that?

:shrug:

[bleedingheart]

10. hey...your going to hurt Mr. B's feelings...

he likes that stuff...and well I love my hubby and while I am no fan..I did buy him a small painting of a garden ..not as repulsive as Kinkades other stuff...and since I like gardening I figured I could live with it...

now I am going to go and cry....

;-)

[StopTheMorans]

14. i actually really do like his stuff; i'm very lowbrow

:7

[artfan]

20. try this instead

http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/kl/luminism.html

not to my personal taste but it is real art

[StopTheMorans]

23. too much work to click on the link; i only posted this thread to piss off

Rabrrrrr re: his thread about hating Kinkade :evilgrin:

[Bridget Burke]

15. You really ought to check out his art....

Many samples here. Find the gallery in your area or order online!

http://www.thomaskinkade.com/magi/servlet/com.asucon.ebiz.home.web.tk.HomeServlet

I'm seriously into art--haunting local museums, hitting the "alternate spaces" & commercial galleries, educating myself through reading.

But I'm no elitist. If you want a simple print to liven up a dull wall, Bed Bath & Beyond is a better source than Thomas Kinkade. His stuff is badly drawn, hideously colored dreck--& expensive, at that.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

18. Most of my art comes from Bed & Bath, Home Goods, Marshalls, and Target

my sister is an artist and thinks his stuff is badly drawn also. Her husband likes it though. x(

I can't believe Kinkade gets so much for mass-produced fluff...

[artfan]

17. Marketing scam

they are production line formula stuff. Not offensive but it is not 'art' either. If you like the style look up the "luminist" painters they were painting light long ago but did a much better job. Kincrap appeals to 'christians' because that is how the stuff is marketed. The sad thing is people buy his stuff as an investment but do not realize it is mass produced and overproduced so it will never have any real value.

[marions ghost]

27. NO value whatsoever...read this...

This is a good article re. Kinkade's production line art which he shamelessly markets as equivalent to any artist's work--

http://www.usatoday.com/life/2002/2002-03-12-kinkade.htm

Thomas Kinkade: Profit of light
By Marco R. della Cava, USA TODAY
By Leslie Smith Jr., USA TODAY

Kinkade displays his art on the studio set constructed for his QVC segments, where he sells items such as the night light above.

MORGAN HILL, Calif. — Inside a 400,000-square-foot factory set amid the Central Valley's rolling green hills hums the sound of ... art?

Nearly 500 paintings emerge daily from this immaculate place, a cross between a spic-and-span hospital and an orderly exotic-car factory where each product carefully shuttles from station to station for twitching and tweaking. But look closely: Each image is a mere high-tech clone of an oil-on-canvas original. And yet some cost in excess of $10,000.

Today, workers squeegee, peel, glue, dry and highlight The Light of Freedom, which depicts the Stars and Stripes fluttering before a World Trade Center-less Manhattan skyline. The sea of prints boasts a dizzying sameness that would make a Xerox machine jealous.

Into an adjacent warehouse walks the controversial man (he says Picasso "had a talent but didn't use it in any significant way") behind the name (Thomas Kinkade) behind the trademarked moniker (Painter of Light) behind the company (Media Arts Group) responsible for this assembly line.

Sipping water and fiddling with trail mix, he sits contentedly in a living room set used for remote QVC broadcasts that showcase his work.

Life is good. Media Arts, the mass-market company he took public in 1994, has soared on the back of his popular reproductions — an unvarying cascade of idyllic, people-free images with titles like Home Is Where the Heart Is and The Garden of Prayer. (more)

[johnnie]

21. I don't know

He was pretty funny with Danny

[marions ghost]

25. Kinkade PUTS HIS OWN DNA INTO his paintings...!!!???!!!

One of the most memorable things I've read about Kinkade is his inclusion--for a price--of HIS OWN DNA in selected paintings. This is so future generations will have proof that they own an authentic Kinkade--he calls it "DNA technology."

This website refers to Kinkade's "DNA Technology"
www.gvshops.com/faqs.htm

A good summary of the Kinkade phenomenon:
http://www.usatoday.com/life/2002/2002-03-12-kinkade.htm

CHECK THIS WEBSITE OUT--The Thomas Kincade Museum in Monterey CA
http://www.kinkademuseum.org/tkinkade/index.html

-----------------

IF YOU LIKE KINKADE--
Don't feel bad if you admit to being attracted to Kinkade's saccharine little scenes. He is appealing to the current demand for peace, security, old-fashioned values--the nostalgia market. It's understandable to want images that convey security and serenity these days. You can always buy a Kinkade mug or kitchen magnet, but DONT fall into the trap of thinking his work is collectable or worth the ridiculous prices he gets for his factory-produced art. (It should be going for next to nothing on Ebay when the bubble bursts). This is one of the most effective marketing scams in history--Kinkade has made millions. There is even a housing development in California where the houses all look like Kinkades, and his art is on the walls--a Kinkade village.

This is a social and cultural phenomena--but not an art phenomenon. Kinkade is not respected by artists, art writers, museums, art schools, where he's the butt of many a bad joke...but he is an excellent con artist, playing on the ignorance of the American public. I once knew a gallery owner who was approached by a customer who said proudly, "I have 13 Kinkades, do you have some other art that would go with them? When the gallery owner recovered from initial shock, she said "You know, I think the only thing that would go with 13 Kinkades is another Kinkade." That was her best stab at diplomacy.

[StopTheMorans]

26. groundbreaking once again. great work Thomas

:thumbsup:

[Kadie]

28. His brother Reuben paints too...

Welcome to my world of peace, light and tasty breakfast cereal.

http://www.robertniles.com/kinkade/

[Amaya]

29. Kinkade sucks

but I love U2 :D

By the way, where were you on Saturday? Got better things to do, eh? :P

[StopTheMorans]

30. to be quite honest; i totally forgot about it

i know, i know, i'm a fucking jerk :spank: i laid in bed until 2, and then went hiking in the rain until 6:30. got home, made dinner, watched the celtics, and passed out. it didn't dawn on me until the next day that the gathering was saturday. i'm a bastard :cry:

[Amaya]

31. You're not a fucking jerk

just a forgetful jerk. ;) You missed a hell of a party :party::beer::smoke::crazy::bounce:
:silly::freak::hurts::hangover:

[StopTheMorans]

32. that's what i hear. i've been off the booze for almost 4 weeks, so i

don't know if i'd have been THAT much of a good time :silly:

[Amaya]

36. I doubt that

:)

[StopTheMorans]

37. yeah, i just focus my energy in different places now

:evilgrin:

[jonnyblitz]

33. that sounds like a fun day actually.

more fun than posing for pictures in a dark bowling alley all day. :P

[StopTheMorans]

34. yeah, i love hiking in the rain

Jonny, how the hell are you? i haven't seen you since the Dean thing almost a year ago :hi: :loveya:

[jonnyblitz]

38. i'm fine!

thanks for asking!! :hug:

[Amaya]

35. You loved it and you know it

Where did you end up sleeping that night anyway?

:hi:

[jonnyblitz]

40. in bettyellen's extra bed at the hilton.

:P

[BigMcLargehuge]

39. acrylic thatch roofed cottage porn

for the easily pleased

[RevolutionaryActs]

41. Hey, you moran. Why weren't you at the meetup?

I didn't get you kick your ass. :cry: