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  Leslie Turner April 13, 2012 at 6:36pm

  I don't think anyone is literally glad he's dead. Most of us have made an occasional overblown homicidal comment." I wish you were dead" usually means " I'm really pissed at you right now". Truly being glad someone is dead indicates a deep personal hatred and connection that I'm assuming no one here has with Mr. Kincade. So I don't think you have to worry about any of your fellow AFIers roasting in a fiery pit quite yet.
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  Karole Bowlds April 13, 2012 at 1:51pm

  Okay- not a fan of TK myself, BUT- here goes. Am I glad he's dead? NO. And somehow, I feel disappointed, in ANYONE who could be glad someone else died, because they didn't like their style of Art. How insignificant, childish, and petty. EACH person is an individual, with strengths and weaknesses, likes, dislikes, etc. WE ALL have something to contribute, even TK. If he's not your choice, well that's  your choice, but to be glad they were dead??? How absolutely....in-human and atrocious. I'm done now.
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  Karole Bowlds April 13, 2012 at 1:26pm

  @ David -absolutely PERFECT answer. I totally agree with your thoughts on this! 
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  Becky Bibro April 13, 2012 at 10:55am

  Comment by Willie McTellon Monday

  ..........Jesus Loves Millionaires........

  You really need to put that on a bumper sticker!!!
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  Timothy Sullivan April 13, 2012 at 7:53am

  I hate to belabor this point (I didn't know him and have no opinion of him personally), but Kinkade was to art as one of those romance novels with Fabio on the cover is to literature.  I just don't see the problem with criticizing his work just because he made a lot of money.  His choice, and I'm fine with the choice, but financial success doesn't move the work to higher ground.
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  Jeremy Browne April 13, 2012 at 1:16am

  I'll try my best to impress you next time. Thanks for the positive feedback, always nice to hear. 
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  Willie McTell April 12, 2012 at 11:54pm

  Here's hoping that your next post will not only be more happy, but will also be more coherent.
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  Jeremy Browne April 12, 2012 at 11:10pm

  I find it sad that artists both here and in other articals and forms I have read are bashing on a fellow artist, for nothing more than he gained an amazing level of commercial success. Why is it such a bad thing to market and gain success if you can do it? We all market ourselves in various ways, thousands of artists offer prints, limited edition Giclees' and such... I might not offer mugs, calendars and items of that ilk, but so what that TK did? He saw an oportunity to live a grand lifestyle and gain a great deal of finacial wealth in the process. If you don't like his work (which I happen not to) than that's fine, but why the need to put him down as a person. If you didn't like my work, would you attach me in such a manner because I am more on the realist side of painting than the norm? Would you expect I attack you personally and professionally if I didn't like your work? I strongly doubt it... Art, music, movies... these all fall for some reason into a catagory that struggling to pay bills is the right way, and finding success is somehow selling out. REM went through this when they signed with a big label, yet "Green" was one of their largest success and critics and fans alike love this album. 

  We can go on and on about artists who have gained success by and selling to the masses (Bateman, Romance ect.) but this in no means that they are not "artists", they just might not be artists who's work YOU like. 

  Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven members were also considered "horrible painters" in there day, funny how things change over time. 

  Ps. I promise my next post will be more happy!
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  Leslie Turner April 12, 2012 at 9:09pm

  Connie, maybe his success went to his head, or maybe he felt about Pooh what many artists felt about him. Maybe whatever illness caused his early demise caused some mental status changes? Maybe there was a real artist hidden inside, screaming to get out, and the frustration made him nuts. Who knows.
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  Connie Mettler April 12, 2012 at 2:38pm

  Okay, in general I totally agree with Leslie's statement: ... he did what most artists dream of, he made a really good living doing what he considered art. And if he knew a lot of artists considered him a hack, well, I'm sure he cried all the way to the bank.

  Then I decided to find out a little more about him. He was only 54. A little searching finds that his recent years were not good, bizarre behavior, drunk driving arrest, bad relationships with his galleries, not sounding so good now. Here is is a tidbit from the Huff Post:

  Kinkade was accused of behaving inappropriately with women and even urinating on a Winnie the Pooh figure at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim.

  Got to love it! Wonder if anyone here can top that one.

  I also have to take exception with the statement earlier in this thread about Anne Geddes. She is a genuine talent whose work was groundbreaking. So there!