Thomas Kinkade: American Artist Painter: Biography - Art for sale

William Thomas Kinkade was born on January 19, 1958, in Sacramento County, California.^] He grew up in the town of Placerville, graduated from El Dorado High School l in 1976, and attended the University of California, Berkeley, and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Some of the people who mentored and taught Kinkade prior to college were Charles Bell and Glenn Wessels. Wessels encouraged Kinkade to go to the University of California at Berkeley. Recurring features of Kinkade's paintings are their glowing highlights and pastel colours. Rendered in highly idealistic values of American scene painting, his works often portray bucolic andidyllic settings such as gardens, streams, stone cottages, lighthouses and Main Streets. His hometown of Placerville was the inspiration for many of his street and snow scenes. He also depicted various Christian themes including the Christian cross and churches.

Thomas Kinkade’s paintings all have a magical quality which has undoubtedly been a key feature contributing to his worldwide popularity as an artist. It is often referred to as “the Kinkade glow”. The artist also characterised himself as “Thomas Kinkade, the Painter of Light”. These qualities led to huge success for the artist and it is said that one in every twenty American homes owns a copy of one of his paintings. The artist died in April 2012.

FOR SALE:

We are very pleased to offer this wonderful picture, “The Garden of Prayer”, by Thomas Kinkade, “the Painter of Light”. It depicts a tranquil garden scene with a Victorian style gazebo set in a woodland glade and alongside a waterfall and shimmering pool. This picture was painted in 1997 and subsequently published as a print later that year. This particular print edition was published as an Accent print by Lighthouse Publishing and comes complete with its own Certificate of Authenticity. The picture is superbly mounted, framed and glazed and is in near gallery condition. It is ready to hang.

This picture is one of the artist’s most enduring images and copies always fetch high prices, typically hundreds of US Dollars, when they come on to the market. It is also available on the Thomas Kinkade Studios’ own website at up to US$375.

“The Garden of Prayer” measures approximately 64 cm. by 56 cm. including the handsome mahogany style frame. The image itself measures approximately 45 cm. by 33 cm. The picture is mounted, framed and glazed. Below the image, the text reads: “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference”. Below the text, there is a gilded nameplate reading: The Garden of Prayer THOMAS KINKADE. On the back, there is a Certificate of Authenticity. This indicates that this is an Accent Print by Lighthouse Publishing honouring one of Thomas Kinkade’s most masterful paintings. Overall, this picture is in near gallery condition and ready to hang.

Buyer to collect if possible please. We are at Leatherhead, UK, just off Junction 9 of the M25 motorway.

OR we would be prepared to deliver within a 15 mile radius of Leatherhead.

Payment by cash or Paypal preferred. All enquiries please to jameskt22 @ aol.com (no spaces). Realistically, we are expecting offers in the range £75-100 plus postage

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