Reply #260: You pretty much nailed Kincade...

[trekbiker]

and dont forget the religious angle, he really works that one over. I grew up with Kincade in a small California foothills town, Placerville. We even attended the same summer art camp as kids. In the beginning he was going to be a cartoonist. But he was always a master salesman and self promoter, even as a kid, and would have been a huge financial success in any type of sales field. I dont mind his kitschy, greeting card art, there's pleny of company there. What bothers me is the thousands of his reproductions selling for $500 - $1500 that could support untold numbers of truely deserving original artists out there. I know people who have $10,000 - $20,000 worth of his lithographs hanging in thier homes.. I sure hope they dont think its an "investment". Personally, I'm waiting for the official line of Kincade toilet paper to come out.