Friday, October 3, 2008

Thomas Kinkade Redux

















Sometimes you mock something for so long that you lose your compass...you take in the very qualities of the enemy and make them your own.
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Painter Thomas Kinkade...I admitted to being moved by a chance encounter with his painting "Snow White Discovers The Cottage" here. While editing the film from that weekend of shooting, I find these two landscapes above. There is no denying the influence of the painter of light himself, as seen below:

1 comment:

Dave said...

It's hard not to be cliche when working in two dimensions. Don't be so hard on yourself.

Kinkade turns the cliche dial up to 11. He's the sad clown painter of the new millennium.