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Thomas
Kinkade celebrates the presence of light in all of our lives, for all
of our seasons.
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"The
Wind of the Spirit"
From Windmill Collection
I
by
Thomas Kinkade
18" x 27"
24" x 36"
28" X 42"
"The Wind of the Spirit, my first painting celebrating a windmill, shows a community of solid stone cottages clustered around the mill. Fleecy clouds and delicate V's of geese trace the comings and goings of the wind. But only the blades of this mill harness the power of wind to the service of man. We may not live by bread alone, but when wind grinds flour, we are nourished body and soul."
--- Thomas Kinkade
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"Cobblestone
Village"
by
Thomas Kinkade
3rd
in the Cobblestone Lane Series
18"
x 24"
25.5" x 34"
30" X 40"
"Block
Island"
by
Thomas Kinkade
I love lighthouses. The severe, uncompromising life of service lived by lonely lighthouse keepers possesses a special dignity. Poised between the last outcroppings of land and the vast expanse of the ocean, the lighthouse has become a profound symbol of human life, poised as it is between the transitory and the eternal.
-- Thomas Kinkade
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"Lingering Dusk"
by Thomas Kinkade
16" x 20"
20" x 24"
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About the Artist: Thomas Kinkade
Thomas Kinkade is renowned for infusing light into his paintings, creating incredibly romantic and tranquil scenes. Known as "The Painter of Light," Kinkade has an almost uncanny ability to recreate dramatic effects of pictorial lighting in a way that makes the image seem to glow from within. This famous "Kinkade glow" might help explain Kinkade's enormous popularity as a published artist.
Indeed the creations of Thomas Kinkade have become a phenomenon unprecedented in recent times, with countless millions of "Kinkade Collectors" worldwide.
Kinkade has received numerous awards for his works, most recently the 1995 Lithograph of the Year Award and 1995 Artist of the Year from the National Association of Limited Edition Dealers and the 1994 Collector Editions Award of Excellence. He was honored, along with idol Norman Rockwell, as a charter inductee into The Bradford International Hall of Fame for plate artists. He is regularly featured in well-known magazines and as a guest on popular TV network shows and radio talk shows throughout the country. Further, Kinkade's paintings have been the subject of two major art books, Thomas Kinkade: Painter of Light (Lightpost Publishing 1993) and Thomas Kinkade: Paintings of Radiant Light (Abbeville Press 1995). A soon-to-be-published book, Simpler Times, shares the artist's inspiring philosophy of a life based on family, home and faith in God. This philosophy undergirds all of Kinkade's art.
Thomas Kinkade grew up in Northern California in the small town of Placerville. Though the family did not have wealth, Kinkade often says they were "rich in the greatest form of wealth; a nurturing and affirming love." His first "collector" was his mother, who would frame his childhood drawings and use them to decorate the family home.
Kinkade studied art at the University of California at Berkeley, where his roommate was the now-renowned artist James Gurney. Gurney, famous for his Dinotopia creations, has collaborated with Thomas Kinkade, and the two remain close friends. Kinkade furthered his studies at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Following their studies, Kinkade and Gurney set off on an artistic adventure, traveling coast-to-coast by rail, stopping in small towns and sketching, soaking up the color and learning about their subjects wherever they happened to be. The two gained the interest of a major art book publisher, and the artists became the authors of a well-received book in 1982: The Artist's Guide to Sketching.
It was while writing the book that Kinkade was retained as a background painter on the epic animated motion picture, Fire and Ice. Working 10-hour shifts on the movie, Kinkade painted some 600 scenic backgrounds in a two-year period, an experience Kinkade credits as being instrumental in the development of his romantic, light infused style.
In 1982, Kinkade married his childhood sweetheart, Nanette. Her support and encouragement is a major inspiration in his art, and he often pays tribute to her by hiding 'N's in his art or by painting her image among the people in a scene. They have three daughters -- Merritt, Chandler, and Winsor -- who also find their names and images included in their father's art.
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