Thomas Kinkade
Thomas Kinkade
William Thomas Kinkade III was an American painter of popular realistic, pastoral, and idyllic subjects. He is notable for the mass marketing of his work as printed reproductions and other licensed products via the Thomas Kinkade Company. He characterized himself as "Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light," a phrase he protected through trademark but one originally attributed to the British master J. M. W. Turner. It has been estimated that 1 in every 20 American homes owns a copy of one...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Artist
Date of Birth19 January 1958
CitySacramento, CA
CountryUnited States of America
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.
The worlds I paint leave a lot to engage the imagination by hinting at what lies beyond the four edges of the painting.
I try to create paintings that are a window for the imagination. If people look at my work and are reminded of the way things once were, or perhaps, the way they could be, then I've done my job.
Beauty is found in anything that delights the senses, nourishes the soul, fires the imagination.
Focus. With so many creative minds around the company, there are always more projects than we can effectively take on at one time.
I blend time frames in my paintings. I tend to like things without the reference of time. A garden could be now, it could be 100 years ago. It's a garden. When I paint hometown settings, things like that, there is a sense of embracing an older life, but I have to say I like to mix time frames. I like to paint what could be now, if the right cars were on the street.
She was my high school sweetheart. I hide an 'N' in every painting.
My whole life was absorbed with my art. I was known by my schoolmates as the kid who could draw.
Literature is the stringing together of pictures in words.
I've always been drawn to artists who paint for the everyday person. I love the American illustrators.
Every painting I do blends time frames. The great thing about being an artist is I can make the past join the present in some reality of the future.
I've never been at odds with the world of contemporary artists. If there is any animosity, it's one-sided.
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.
A still image attracts the viewer with an overall impact, then reveals smaller details upon further study.