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Christ-Centered Art
would like to provide you
the opportunity for to
get to know our artists
through art trivia.
Currently we have the
following trivia available
for Thomas Kinkade.
Thom named his 4
daughters after famous
artists. Can you name
those artists?
Merritt was named after
the artist William Merritt
Chase.
Chandler was named
after the artist Howard
Chandler Christy.
Winsor was named after
the artist Winsor McCay.
Everett was named after
the artist John Everett
Millais.
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Thomas Kinkade grew up in Northern
California in the small town of Placerville.
Though the family did not have wealth,
Kinkade often says they were "rich in the
greatest form of wealth; a nurturing and
affirming love." His first "collector" was his
mother, who would frame his childhood
drawings and use them to decorate the
family home.
Thomas Kinkade is America's most collected
living artist, a painter-communicator whose
tranquil, light-infused paintings bring hope
and joy to millions each year. Each painting
Thomas Kinkade creates is a quiet
messenger in the home, affirming the basic
values of family, faith in God, and the
luminous beauty of nature.
Kinkade is a devout Christian and credits
the Lord for both the ability and the
inspiration to create his paintings. His goal
as an artist is to touch people of all faiths,
to bring peace and joy into their lives
through the images he creates. The letters
he receives every day testify to the fact
that he is achieving this goal.
A devoted husband and doting father to
their four little girls, Mr. Kinkade hides the
letter "N" in his paintings to pay tribute to
his wife, Nanette. The girls also find
their names in many of his paintings.
Thomas Kinkade is reknowned for infusing
light into his paintings, creating romantic
and tranquil scenes. Known as "the Painter
of Light," Kinkade has an almost uncanny
ability to recreate dramatic effects of
pictorial lighting in a way that makes the
image seem to glow from within. This
famous "Kinkade glow" might help explain
Kinkade's popularity as a published artist.
The creations of Thomas Kinkade have
become a phenomenon unprecedented in
recent times, with countless millions of
"Kinkade Collectors" worldwide.
Kinkade has received numerous awards for
his works, including the 1995 Lithograph of
the Year Award and 1995 Artist of the Year
from the National Association of Limited
Edition Dealers (NALED) and the 1994
Collector Editions Award of Excellence.
NALED has named him as Graphic Artist of
the Year six times and his works have been
named Graphic Art Print of the Year eight
times. Kinkade has also won the Collectors
Editions Award of Excellence and was a
charter inductee to the Bradford Exchange's
Plate Artist Hall of Fame.
He was honored, along with idol Norman
Rockwell, as a charter inductee into The
Bradford Internation Hall of Fame for plate
artists. He is regularly featured in well-
known magazines and as a guest on
popular TV network shows and radio talk
shows throughout the country. Further,
his paintings have been the subject of two
major art books, Thomas Kinkade:
Painter of Light (Lightpost Publishing 1993)
and Thomas Kinkade: Paintings of
Radiant Light (Abbeville Press 1995).
Another book, Simpler Times, shares the
artist's inspiring philosophy of a life based
on family, home and faith in God. This
philosophy undergirds all of Kinkade's art.
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