SAN FRANCISCO - Artist Thomas Kinkade once said that he had something in common with Walt Disney and Norman Rockwell: He wanted to make people happy. And he won success with brushwork paintings that ...

In the 1990s, Thomas Kinkade was the most successful artist of his time. His sentimental, sanitized landscapes full of Christian motifs and storybook cottages, some of which were lit with tiny LEDs ...

On the "cruise activity" list, you will often see seminars dedicated to Thomas Kinkade. Color, Composition, Technique and Creativity are the pillars used by Albert Scaglione, founder of Park West ...

If you think you’ve never seen a painting by Thomas Kinkade, think again. The late artist, who is said to have sold more canvases than any painter in history, created a cottage industry (pun intended) ...

Thomas Kinkade paints erotica. We'll say that one more time, to make sure it sinks in. Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light (his trademarked phrase), who sells millions of soft-focus prints of folksy ...

New documentary ‘Art for Everybody’ charts painter Thomas Kinkade’s journey from brooding work to mass-producing ‘feel-good’ kitsch. Keep KCRW Independent. KCRW is here to provide you with local news, ...

The FBI is investigating allegations that self-styled "Painter of Light" Thomas Kinkade and some of his top executives fraudulently induced investors to open galleries and then ruined them financially ...

Thomas Kinkade and the history of Protestant visual culture in America / David Morgan -- Painter of the right : Thomas Kinkade's political art / Micki McElya -- God in the retails : Thomas Kinkade and ...

Famous painter's girlfriend threatened to expose secrets, his family claims. April 30, 2012— -- The death of painter Thomas Kinkade earlier this month has pitted Kinkade's family members and ...

SAN FRANCISCO - To fans and the countless collectors who helped build painter Thomas Kinkade's commercial art empire, his idealized vision of the world usually served as an simple, soothing addition ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Painter Thomas Kinkade, whose works of luminescent, homespun scenes captivated millions of Americans even as some critics scoffed, died at his home in Northern California at ...