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I can't stand Thomas Kincade (the painter)

thefunkyfresh by thefunkyfreshFounder · Dec 10, 2003 · 295 views · ·

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esprit15d esprit15dOG 2003 ·

Thomas Kinkade is to art what Avril Lavigne is to punk.

yodasucka yodasuckaOG 2003 ·

...an embarrassment????

thefunkyfresh thefunkyfreshFounder ·

thank you

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rocksupastarFounder ·

I really like him... and the "glow" to his paintings is what makes him famous... dont hate matt...

thefunkyfresh thefunkyfreshFounder ·

its the "i'm a demo/born again FREAK" look

ilikebirds ilikebirdsOG 2002 ·

you ruined it. i had no idea who this "kinkade" fella is.. and you hate him. but you still mentioned his name.. thus forcing me to know who he is.. thus giving him MORE publicity. i hate you

skaorsk8 skaorsk8OG 2002 ·

thank goodness that you will make me duck sauce and kung pow chicken this weekend

tinser tinserOG 2002 ·

hahaha

tinser tinserOG 2002 ·

how do you all not know thomas kinkade?! He's everywhere...and although my mom thinks he is a sell out....i've gotta admit, i kinda like his work...its happy...its like the bubble gum pop of the art world...maybe it makes me shallow, but i think it has its place in society. Go capitalism! haha

skaorsk8 skaorsk8OG 2002 ·

how many times are you going to post the same thing in this thread?

your mom thinks he's a sell out.. we get it

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 ·

Easy killer

tinser tinserOG 2002 ·

at least as many times as you ask toxic girl to go out for tacos with you (only to get rejected)

oh, and dan...my mom thinks thomas kinkade is a SELL OUT

skaorsk8 skaorsk8OG 2002 ·

As far as YOUUUU know, i got rejected

all i'm sayin is, brian went on vacation for a week

tinser tinserOG 2002 ·

you're looking to get dropkicked

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toxicgirlOG 2003 ·

Hahaha...um, guys? Can you keep me out of your lover's spat? I'd appreciate it. Dan, how long must we all wait till you ask her out?

fivezero fivezeroOG 2003 ·

yeah, really DAN. this is VERY juvenile.

fivezero fivezeroOG 2003 ·

she's right dan. she's soooo right.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 ·

Who is this guy?

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dgiaimoOG 2003 ·

Thomas Kinkade? Check the link in forrestina's post below. That should give you a pretty good idea.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 ·

He is pretty creepy looking.

fivezero fivezeroOG 2003 ·

he looks pretty ordinary to me. is it the mustache?

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 ·

It must be!

"A man with a mustache!"
"I am not the object.."

ekulu ekuluOG 2002 ·

I have no idea who that guy is, but i googled him and found a painting of his, "City by the Bay". it's alright, it would make a really good puzzle porabaly

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dgiaimoOG 2003 ·

It's funny that you mention puzzles since you can get a lot of his paintings as puzzles.

tinser tinserOG 2002 ·

my mom is a painter...and she can't stand him...she thinks he is a sell out

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dgiaimoOG 2003 ·

I wish I was good enough at something to be a sell out...

fivezero fivezeroOG 2003 ·

this is an awesome comment. i agree somewhat!

thefunkyfresh thefunkyfreshFounder ·

definite sell out (my mom's a painter too!)... there are thomas kincaid STORES... he's really big esp in the south. the guy prolly does 3 paintings a day.

tinser tinserOG 2002 ·

hahah, yeah he's like a manufacturing machine...yeah, his stores are big in the malls

reaf reafOG 2002 ·

HA, ME TOOOOOO,, my mom loves him, and at the menlo mall he has a gallery and i get dragged in and dragged into my death!, He is so boring!

juicymango juicymangoOG 2003 ·

hahaha this is so funny. I was just thinkin about this the other day. I was buying something and next to the register they had Thomas Kinkade ornaments, and while I waited I just remember staring at the ornaments and thinking, "who cares???.. ooh i put a white dot in the middle of a dark area and it looks like a lightbulb... oooh" haha

juicymango juicymangoOG 2003 ·

however, considering that i will never be able to paint like that in my entire life no matter what i do, i gotta give him some credit. It's nice when you can get paid for art.

forrestina forrestinaOG 2002 ·

I'm not really impressed by him, but most of my girlfriends are obsessed. He seems to paint a lot of churches as well.

beachbum beachbumOG 2002 ·

yeah, i don't dig the religious paintings. i just think he has talent, but i wouldn't necessarily buy one. besides, any kind of religious painting creep me out.

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dgiaimoOG 2003 ·

Does he do any non-religious paintings? All of his paintings seem to have some sort of born-again motif to them.

beachbum beachbumOG 2002 ·

i thought he also did alot of woodsy type paintings-cottages in stuff. maybe i'm getting 2 different artists mixed up?

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dgiaimoOG 2003 ·

He does, but the lighting in them always seems to be trying to evoke some sort of religious feeling. If you go to his website he calls a lot of his paintings "inspirational", which, to me, is code for born-again. Even the title he calls himself, "Painter of Light", seems to be trying to hint at a religious theme. This is why, even though I love some of his paintings, I would never have them around.

beachbum beachbumOG 2002 ·

hm, you may be on to something. i just never thought about it that way before. but then i've never really read much about him or anything, i only occasionally see his stuff around.

thefunkyfresh thefunkyfreshFounder ·

yeah, i just think all of his paintings are just commercial, cookie cutter crap. its all the same

forrestina forrestinaOG 2002 ·

true...painter of light? gimmie a break

malibu malibuOG 2001 ·

oh so that's who this is??!?!?! i see this man's paintings everywhere i go.

ilikebirds ilikebirdsOG 2002 ·

the band-aid inventor?

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toxicgirlOG 2003 ·

hahaha...i feel a google search coming on...

beachbum beachbumOG 2002 ·

the artist?

thefunkyfresh thefunkyfreshFounder ·

yeah...

beachbum beachbumOG 2002 ·

but why? i think he paints very well. i mean, he needs to get out of the cottage in the woods theme, but he's talented.

thefunkyfresh thefunkyfreshFounder ·

because they're all the same. its just commercial crap, there's no depth to it. he paints thousands of paintings a year... its terrible

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