Thomas Kinkade: The perfect R/T flame thread in LBN.

[hunter]

"The ex-owners allege in arbitration claims that, among other things, the artist known for his dreamily luminous landscapes and street scenes used his Christian faith to persuade them to invest in the independently owned stores, which sell only Kinkade's work.

"They really knew how to bait the hook," said one former dealer who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the case. "They certainly used the Christian hook.""

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2483283&mesg_id=2483283

So many fish in the sea...

[saltpoint]

1. I didn't know about the faith/Christian investment connection,

but those pictures are among the most sugary and unrealistic images I've ever seen in my life.

Kinkade makes Norman Rockwell looks like a gritty realist.

[salvorhardin]

2. Proof there is no god

Kinkade lives, Bob Ross dies.
http://www.happyafro.com

[hunter]

3. I have a great fondness for Bob Ross inspired art. Of all sorts.

Some sort of explanation here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=5569611&mesg_id=5569975

[salvorhardin]

4. "He encouraged people to make their own bad art."

ROFL! It's funny *and* it's true. Yeah, I agree. Bob Ross got people to pick up paintbrushes and create. Maybe their creations were pretty awful by almost all standards, but it was something *they* made and invested a little piece of their life and self in.