On Apr 7, 2012, at 3:03 AM, Bob W wrote: >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> [email protected] >> >> So, the "Painter of Light" (tm) has passed at the early age of 54 >> years. The Kenny G of painting is gone... >> > > He may not have been too fast to live, but 54 is too young to die. I'm 54. I > shall be mightily pissed off if I don't live well well beyond 90. > > I love this phrase from the article someone linked to "it has become > fashionable for art critics to dismiss his pieces." > > "It has become fashionable" - as if it was a mere passing fad among the > ignoranti, and the true artistic value of this oeuvre will come to be > understood with the passing of the years. >
Hi work was conceptually trite and formulaic in execution, but he was not without talent. Of course his main talent was marketing: he discovered a way to turn painting into a very lucrative enterprise. For that, he is to be commended. Paul > B > >> >> >> "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- >> Christopher Hitchens >> >> --- Original Message --- >> >> From: Walt Gilbert <[email protected]> >> Sent: April 6, 2012 4/6/12 >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Subject: OT: Thomas Kinkade, Dead >> >> Passed along without comment: >> >> http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2012/aprilweb-only/temp.html >> >> That is all. >> >> -- Walt >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
