PAINTER of LIGHT THE STRANGE DOUBLE LIFE OF THOMAS KINKADE

The work of Thomas Kinkade, whose mass-marketed paintings are simultaneously hugely popular and dismissed by critics as the worst sort of kitsch, has long obsessed JEFFREY VALLANCE. But when he started having strange prophetic dreams about the late artist, he found himself uncovering the dark side of the ‘Painter of Light’…

The American artist Thomas Kinkade (1958–2012), also known as “The Painter of Light”, is celebrated for his luminous candy-coloured landscapes and especially for his trademark paintings of cosy cottages. In his lifetime, he was one of the most highly collected artists – his paintings found a place in one American home out of every 20. KINKADE IN HEAVEN Before I met Thomas Kinkade, I had an intuitive sense that there was more to him than met the eye. I felt that deep within him was a concealed dark prankster. There was no way I could have intuited this from any outward signs – I just knew it. I believe that on account of this, when we met, we understood each other. One prankster recognises another. That is why in 2004,…

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