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
With whatever talent and resources I have, I'm trying to bring light to penetrate the darkness many people feel.
I'm a warrior for light.
My paintings always feature trails that dissolve into mysterious areas, patches of light that lead the eye around corners, pathways, open gates, etc.
You have to expect spiritual warfare whenever you stand up for righteousness or call attention to basic values. It's just a matter of light battling the darkness. But the light wins every time. You can't throw enough darkness on light to put it out.
I believe a radiant, light-filled tomorrow should be normal to the experience of living.
The power of prayer is like turning on a light as it illuminates God's purpose for our lives. There is no greater connection to knowing His will other than the word.
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.