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The Power of Light
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First published July 17, 2008
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Thomas Kinkade
275 books180 followersThomas Kinkade was known as the "Painter of Light." His works, although spurned by the secular art establishment, were very popular with Christians and many others.
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January 12, 2023
Sorry if this offends, but...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....WHAT A HACK THIS GUY WAS.
Every delightful page of this schlock pile is a revelation of confusing banality. The cream frosting roofs on the cottages, the badly handled perspective, the weird fog and gloaming that pervades the world of Thomas Kinkade, the people who can walk on top of mud, the multitude of twenty foot tall lighthouses failing to guide reckless sailors away from a weather shore, waves crashing high on a calm sea or against the wind, villages without paved streets but replete with so many street lights you imagine a world terrified of vampires in the shadows... but most of all, above all, the fact that every house, gate, shed, tower, store, church, warehouse, and doghouse has a light on in every window. So much light that the usual reaction is, "O wow! I think that house is on fire inside!" before one leans in to consider what it means that even the attic and basement are lit, and who puts a basement in a house built on bedrock? Also, isn't that house built in the tidal zone? I spent far to much time identifying flowers that would never grow in a salt marsh along the ocean, but through god all things are possible.
All of this might be forgiven if these three books collected in the single volume were not repetitions and insets of the same paintings in every volume, the only difference being the quotes accompanying the image. That kind of cynical money grabbing is kind of unforgivable.
Look, I get it. The point here is inspiration, the fact that there is always a guiding light in the gathering darkness and Kinkade made that manifest in all of his paintings. If you find comfort in a Kinkade painting, bless you and bless him for giving so many that comfort. My laughter here is entirely directed at his lack of breadth of subject coupled with a lack of imagination or ability. The man found his niche and he makes thousands of people happy every day. That's more than I could ever claim.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....WHAT A HACK THIS GUY WAS.
Every delightful page of this schlock pile is a revelation of confusing banality. The cream frosting roofs on the cottages, the badly handled perspective, the weird fog and gloaming that pervades the world of Thomas Kinkade, the people who can walk on top of mud, the multitude of twenty foot tall lighthouses failing to guide reckless sailors away from a weather shore, waves crashing high on a calm sea or against the wind, villages without paved streets but replete with so many street lights you imagine a world terrified of vampires in the shadows... but most of all, above all, the fact that every house, gate, shed, tower, store, church, warehouse, and doghouse has a light on in every window. So much light that the usual reaction is, "O wow! I think that house is on fire inside!" before one leans in to consider what it means that even the attic and basement are lit, and who puts a basement in a house built on bedrock? Also, isn't that house built in the tidal zone? I spent far to much time identifying flowers that would never grow in a salt marsh along the ocean, but through god all things are possible.
All of this might be forgiven if these three books collected in the single volume were not repetitions and insets of the same paintings in every volume, the only difference being the quotes accompanying the image. That kind of cynical money grabbing is kind of unforgivable.
Look, I get it. The point here is inspiration, the fact that there is always a guiding light in the gathering darkness and Kinkade made that manifest in all of his paintings. If you find comfort in a Kinkade painting, bless you and bless him for giving so many that comfort. My laughter here is entirely directed at his lack of breadth of subject coupled with a lack of imagination or ability. The man found his niche and he makes thousands of people happy every day. That's more than I could ever claim.
July 20, 2014
Very uplifting words & the featured paintings are so beautiful to look at.
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