Comments on: Thomas Kinkade, A Beauty which Never Was on Land or Sea

By: Anita Mathias

Anita Mathias — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 23:16:42 +0000

Thanks everyone. I agree LA. It does have a beauty all to itself. Pidge, I think it's beautiful in the way some impressionists and Pre-Raphaelites are beautiful. Pretty-pretty, yes, but lovely too.
It conveys an ethereal, other-worldly world that I find beautiful!!

By: Miss Mollie

Miss Mollie — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 10:58:02 +0000

Thomas Kincade painted the light, which is why I think they appeal to me. Also, while he was in love with his wife before he strayed, he painted her initials in each painting to show his love. I read one of his books about his marriage at twenty years. Encouraged me and made me a bit jealous. At thirty years of marriage, I'm in love all over again. So even though he failed, God has used him to strengthen me.

By: Pidge

Pidge — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:11:12 +0000

Aaaaargh. You have an instinct for words and know when something is well written and no doubt cringe or laugh at the badly written. Believe me Kincade is more cringeworthy to those with an instinct for good art than even the bright green grass and beautiful people in happy family groups of J.W. L.D.S. and S.D.A. art. Now who is left that I haven't insulted… ? Ah, yes, the R. C.s can also turn out a good line in B.V.Ms with princess Di eyes and robes in a shade of blue that was never seen in 1st c. Nazareth.

By: LA

LA — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:13:39 +0000

Funny, I have one too, and while it's not Rembrandt, it has a beauty all to itself. And I love the allegory to heaven…I will look at my Kincade with a renewed eye.