American - Artist | January 19, 1958 - April 6, 2012
I've always been drawn to artists who paint for the everyday person. I love the American illustrators.
Thomas Kinkade
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Art is forever.
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My paintings always feature trails that dissolve into mysterious areas, patches of light that lead the eye around corners, pathways, open gates, etc.
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A still image attracts the viewer with an overall impact, then reveals smaller details upon further study.
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I love audio books, and when I paint I'm always listening to a book. I find that my imagination really takes flight in the painting process when I'm listening to audio books.
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Literature is the stringing together of pictures in words.
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A painting has a lot of advantages over other forms of communication. Unlike a movie, you don't have to put it into a machine and turn it on. It's just there every day. It's not limited by the element of time. It's a constant part of the home.
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I grew up in a broken home. My dad was out of the home when I was five years old. I never knew him very well.
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The whole Modernist lie is that art is about the artist.
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The disintegration of the culture starts with the artist. I'm on a crusade to turn the tide in the arts, to restore dignity to the arts and, by extension, to the culture.
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The No. 1 quote critics give me is, 'Thom, your work is irrelevant.' Now, that's a fascinating, fascinating comment. Yes, irrelevant to the little subculture, this microculture, of modern art. But here's the point: My art is relevant because it's relevant to 10 million people. That makes me the most relevant artist in this culture.
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I've had so much positive reaction and emotional fulfillment from the creation of my art and sharing it with everyday people that I never paid too much attention to the opinion of critics.
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