OT: If you thought Thomas Kinkade paintings were worthless now...

[Dennis S]

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ki...ck=tottext

It's a long article, but skip through it and read the good parts.

[jonny]

His paintings are the Beanie Babies of the art world. I feel sorry for those who were tahen in by that huxter.

[lafinfil]

Art by the yard

I'd like to see him do a cage match with the Walmart art buyer

[honu]

Sounds like that memoir author that Oprah talked up.

[mattkime]

My favorite quote -

"But you've got to remember," he said, "I'm the idol to these women who are there. They sell my work every day, you know. They're enamored with any attention I would give them. I don't know what kind of flirting they were trying to do with me. I don't recall what was going on that night."


What an asshole. What a terrible artist.

(good businessman though)

[blooz]

Art education in this country is a total failure.

[Mike Johnson]

All this time, I thought the reason those galleries were going out of businesses was because most people realize his paintings are crap. Or at least, that prints of his paintings weren't worth $1800.

"Oh no! I lost $3 million setting up Thomas Kinkade franchises that went under! It's all his fault because he's not the good Christian I thought he was! He peed on Winnie the Pooh!"

Why don't these people sue their Lord instead? That's where their real beef is.

[lafinfil]

It's his "more luminescent than thou" attitude that's harshing his buzz

[Michael]

Hard to feel sorry for people that would invest everything they have in a Kinkade exclusive gallery.

Just dumb...

[Carthaigh]

This is the funniest thread I have read all day!

Oh yeah, that Thomas Kinkade is a total asshat! I think I saw a photo of him with Bert on the following news site: