Comments on: Did the Painter of Light Go to Hogwarts?

By: Craig Payne

Craig Payne — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:26:04 +0000

If you all would henceforth refer to me as “The Purveyor of Knowledge,” I would appreciate it. We don’t really need to get our lawyers involved, do we?

“The Professor Formerly Known as Payne” would also work.

By: Joe Carter

Joe Carter — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:15:39 +0000

Is Kinkade actually known as “The Painter of Light”?

Kinkade seems to think so: He’s trademarked that phrase so that it can only be used in reference to him.

By: Craig Payne

Craig Payne — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:12:11 +0000

When I first saw the thread title, I honestly thought you were talking about Vermeer. Is Kinkade actually known as “The Painter of Light”?

By: Rachel Motte

Rachel Motte — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:00:33 +0000

I wouldn’t blame him if he did paint it. It’s the only way anyone in their right mind would ever let him into Hogwarts. ;)

By: Rev. Paul T. McCain

Rev. Paul T. McCain — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:16:33 +0000

Ah, so that’s why the fanciful homes he paints look so much like a typical Vietnamese family home. I get it. Brilliant!

: )

By: Joe Carter

Joe Carter — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:14:21 +0000

And as for Kinkade not painting people into his paintings’, well, so much for that theory.

Kinkade did used to paint people back when he was still a talented artist rather than a painter of schlock. But he makes a conscience decision not to include people in his most recent stuff.

Kinkade justifies the absence of people because he doesn’t want to exclude any viewers from being able to step into the fantasy. As he once explained, “When you paint people, you limit people. Why would [a hypothetical Vietnamese family] want to look at a picture of a dozen white people sitting around a Thanksgiving table?”

By: Rev. Paul T. McCain

Rev. Paul T. McCain — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:58:14 +0000

And as for Kinkade not painting people into his paintings', well, so much for that theory.

By: Rev. Paul T. McCain

Rev. Paul T. McCain — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:56:34 +0000

OK, I’ll say it: I’ll take Kinkade’s painting any day for most that passes for “art” in the “modern art” sections of most major museums. Seriously.

Here in St. Louis we are treated to: Bailing wire and nails. Piles of rocks. Broken glass and twine. Splatter of paint my dog could have created. Giant sheets of canvas with black paint on one half. White on the other.

Color me definitely not impressed.

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:50:14 +0000

Take a look at this post before you come to conclusions.

By: Steve Dawson

Steve Dawson — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:03:16 +0000

Kinkade almost never paints in dark tones. His paintings tend to be like the Cinderella Castle with a bright look. So, I doubt that Kinkade did do the Harry Potter rendering.

I was looking at jigsaw puzzles the other day. There seems to be a lot of Kinkade imitators around right now. Same style, same color palette. Yuck

By: David Paul Regier

David Paul Regier — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:51:58 +0000

Ouch. The Cinderella painting. Ouch.

By: Rev. Paul T. McCain

Rev. Paul T. McCain — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:26:31 +0000

It absolutely looks like a Kinkade, in a sort of creepy way. Perhaps a spell was cast over a Kinkade and this is the result. That’s what I’m going with.