Thomas Kinkade

Thomas Kinkade
William Thomas Kinkade III was an American painter of popular realistic, pastoral, and idyllic subjects. He is notable for the mass marketing of his work as printed reproductions and other licensed products via the Thomas Kinkade Company. He characterized himself as "Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light," a phrase he protected through trademark but one originally attributed to the British master J. M. W. Turner. It has been estimated that 1 in every 20 American homes owns a copy of one...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Artist
Date of Birth19 January 1958
CitySacramento, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Every painting I do blends time frames. The great thing about being an artist is I can make the past join the present in some reality of the future.
I've always been drawn to artists who paint for the everyday person. I love the American illustrators.
Literature is the stringing together of pictures in words.
My whole life was absorbed with my art. I was known by my schoolmates as the kid who could draw.