It Doesn't Get Much Better-Thomas Kinkade

It Doesn't Get Much Better

Thomas Kinkade

Signature Gallery

Canvas P/P 

25.5"x34" 

2001

     "When you stumble on a breathtaking fishing hole like this on a mist-drenched morning, it hardly matters whether they're biting or not. When, as in this very hopeful canvas, the stately fisherman, properly outfitted in full waders, hooks onto a feisty rainbow trout, it truly doesn't get much better than this."--Thomas Kinkade.

      Born on January 19, 1958 in Sacramento, California, Thomas Kinkade is one of the most widely known American artists of our time. Best known for his picturesque depictions of nature in its most beautiful forms in addition to other spectacular outdoor scenes, Thomas Kinkade is admired around the globe for his stunning ability to capture light and bring it to life on his canvases. 

      Thomas Kinkade's appreciation for art began at a very young age, by simply sketching images of the things around him. In his college years, after spending a summer on a sketching tour that led to the publishing of the best-selling book The Artist's Guide to Sketching, Kinkade was asked to help create art for the animated film Fire and Ice. It was during this period that Thomas Kinkade began to truly discover and explore his extraordinary art. Soon after, he started selling his original pieces in art galleries throughout the state of California. Shortly following marriage to his childhood sweetheart, Nanette, in 1982, the pair officially began to publish Kinkade’s work.

     Having traveled all over the world, Thomas Kinkade has produced striking images of some of the most beautiful places on earth. From quaint tree-lined streets and blossoming gardens to snow-covered lakeside cabins and breath-taking mountain vistas, Thomas Kinkade has a way of capturing the peacefulness and serenity of the world like no one else can—with a warm glowing light seemingly inviting you in to forget the stresses of everyday life and experience this incredible paradise for yourself.

     " Like the great American realist Winslow Homer, I ave a passion for fishing. My best 'catches' are are often the superb vistas I discover on fishing trips, 'It Doesn't Get Much Better' makes this point." -- Thomas Kinkade.

      Thomas Kinkade is recognized as the foremost living painter of light. His masterful use of soft edges and luminous colors give his highly detailed oil paintings a glow all their own. This extraordinary "Kinkade Glow" has created an overwhelming demand for Thomas Kinkade Paintings and lithographs worldwide.

      Thomas Kinkade is America's most collected living artist, and the adventure that he's taken to get there is a fascinating and compelling story. While growing up in the small town of Placerville, California, the young Thomas Kinkade embraced a series of simple life-affirming ideals that later would shape his future and his art. As a devout Christian, Thom uses his artistic gift as a way to communicate and spread the life-affirming values he embraced during his formative years.

      I wanted to add this painting into my gallery as a tribute to the late Thomas Kinkade who recently has passed. His painting fits in perfectly into my gallery because it shows the "magic" found in nature, and it also offers that shock and awe factors, and leaves the viewer with some many different things to look at and enjoy from his art.