Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Hell

Jul 7, 2008

By Patrick.

Art, Humor

Is Thomas Kinkade, who has trademarked himself as the Painter of Light, the modern heir to Hieronymus Bosch?

Could Kinkade’s fixation on “light” be a metaphor for something older than mankind?

Hell

4 Comments

David • Jul 7, 2008 @9:39 am

* Involuntary metric pukeloads *
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dbt1949 • Jul 7, 2008 @2:36 pm

I have quite a few of Kinkade’s works and am always wondering what was going on there. How there was a lighthouse and beautiful homes right on the water. Do they put lighthouses on lakes? Mighty quiet ocean you got there. No tides either.
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Amy Sterling • Jan 19, 2009 @1:15 pm

Nooooooo!!! Not Thomas Kinkade, Painter-of-Light! Uncanny, is what it is.
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Max LaCosse • Feb 27, 2009 @11:51 pm

I once rode the bus through the east SF Bay suburb of Danville. It was like some sort of Mormon / Insurance Salesman’s version of Heaven, or a giant Thomas Kinkade tableau. I went to tell a friend of mine about it. I had barely started when he grunted, “Heart of Darkness, eh?”

So, yes. Thomas Kinkade IS the modern heir to Hieronymus Bosch.
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