I don't know anything about Kinkade swindling investors but I certainly did hear about his temper and other rather unsavory things about his personal life.
Whatever. Much as I may dismiss his art (such as it is) I'm not sure how it is that he didn't deliver. Seems to me that he did deliver - exactly what his buyers wanted (otherwise they wouldn't have bought, right?). Whatever our opinion might be of his works, the sheer number of paintings and prints sold must say something... Bottom feeder? Perhaps. Opportunistic panderer? Almost certainly. Rich man? Well, he was that. Fat lot of good his money is doing him now. I guess it'll buy him a nice funeral and keep his heirs in funds for a generation or two. I hear he was a Christian. I'm sure there will be a Thomas Kinkade wing added to his church now, likely filled with his paintings. As others said, condolences to his family. May they find consolation in their grief... frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: John Sessoms <[email protected]> Sent: April 7, 2012 4/7/12 To: [email protected] I'm not really impressed with his success, any more than I'm impressed with the success of ... oh say ... Bernie Madoff. Kinkade was "selling" champagne when he couldn't even deliver beer and swindling his investors on top of it. Plus, he was an opportunistic bottom feeder. And lets not even get into the way he acted when he was drinking. -- 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.
