Thomas Kinkade is an effing abomination

[oxcoug]

and should be lashed in a public square.

Discuss.

[Maximus]

what is wrong with him?

[SoCalCoug]

and should be lashed in a public square.

Discuss.

I agree wholeheartedly. My sister in law gave us some Thomas Kinkade prints (including a "hand highlighted" canvas) when she moved to Hawaii, and we tried to sell them on ebay, but nobody wants them.

[creekster]

and should be lashed in a public square.

Discuss.

But he is the master of light!

[oxcoug]

what is wrong with him?

Well I'll try to steer clear of the personal stuff (smarmy Born Again who says "God is my agent," deadbeat who bilked investors out of millions, etc) and focus on the epic suckitude of his paintings, which are just garishly sentimental and manipulative. I hate them.

But I can accept that some people don't feel this way.

[Art Vandelay]

If by lashing you mean gently placing colorful floral arrangements all around him, as he sits on a peaceful park bench watching waterfowl and cumulus clouds float by, then yes I agree with you.

[Jarid in Cedar]

If by lashing you mean gently placing colorful floral arrangements all around him, as he sits on a peaceful park bench, with a noose around his neck watching waterfowl and cumulus clouds float by, then yes I agree with you.

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[NorthwestUteFan]

blah blah blah... "God is my agent," ...

God is a GENIUS marketer.

'Art' is in the eye of the beholder. You won't get any quarrell from me about that. However he has those studios EVERYWHERE and sells uncountable numbers of his paintings.

I personally don't like his style either but I greatly admire his ability to place his product!

[oxcoug]

God is a GENIUS marketer.

'Art' is in the eye of the beholder.

Art may be, good art isn't.

BTW that "genius" hooked him up with a DUI, an arrest and a bankruptcy over the summer!

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/06/15/95877/artist-thomas-kinkade-faces-dui.html

[creekster]

So are you reacting to his art, his lifestyle or his success? Or something else?

[YOhio]

BTW that "genius" hooked him up with a DUI, an arrest and a bankruptcy over the summer!

Sounds like an artist to me.

[oxcoug]

So are you reacting to his art, his lifestyle or his success? Or something else?

Oh his art - but the fact that he's also a born again huckster out there monetizing God helps make it easier.

Apropos of not much....

"Again we agree. What kind of work you do, Big Dan?

----Sales, Mr McGill, sales! What do I sell?

The truth, every blessed word of it.

From Genesis down to Revelations.

Yes, the word of God, which, let me say,

there's damn good money in during these times of woe and want.

People want answers, and Big Dan sells the only book that's got 'em.

And what do you do, you and your, uh, tongue-tied friend?"

[creekster]

Oh his art - but the fact that he's also a born again huckster out there monetizing God helps make it easier.

Apropos of not much....

"Again we agree. What kind of work you do, Big Dan?

----Sales, Mr McGill, sales! What do I sell?

The truth, every blessed word of it.

From Genesis down to Revelations.

Yes, the word of God, which, let me say,

there's damn good money in during these times of woe and want.

People want answers, and Big Dan sells the only book that's got 'em.

And what do you do, you and your, uh, tongue-tied friend?"

Monetizing God is all too common, but his horrible art makes me angry! Grab the pitchforks and let's rush the castle, or the quaintly lighted cottage, as the case may be!

[pellegrino]

kinkade = kitsch

[NorthwestUteFan]

Oh his art - but the fact that he's also a born again huckster out there monetizing God helps make it easier.

I used to laugh out loud when I would see an Amy Grant CD for sale at the church bookstore. Same exact issue. She used to be pretty outspoken with her anti-Mormon views..

Mormons probably shouldn't complain too hard about monetizing God. We do it all over the place too.