Thomas Kinkade, painter of blights
Gutterboy
assembly-line painter Thomas Kinkade is now the mentor behind his own planned
community of blights.
I looked it up on the Web -- yup. Kinkade is the merchandising mastermind
behind something called "The Village at Hiddenbrooke":
http://www.thevillage-kinkade.com/news.html
Ugly as these things are, they have to be better than some of his other
projects listed in the paper, which include "a line of La-Z-Boy recliners and
sofas upholstered in Kinkade fabric."
EWWW! I just found THOSE, too! That is one plug-ugly recliner!!!
http://www.thompsonsfurniturecity.com/lazboy/tkcollection/
Gutterboy
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COLLEGE(USUALLY AT NIGHT) " -- Post from a breedboard
Nina Paley
>
> I looked it up on the Web -- yup. Kinkade is the merchandising mastermind
> behind something called "The Village at Hiddenbrooke":
>
> http://www.thevillage-kinkade.com/news.html
>
> Ugly as these things are, they have to be better than some of his other
> projects listed in the paper, which include "a line of La-Z-Boy recliners and
> sofas upholstered in Kinkade fabric."
>
> EWWW! I just found THOSE, too! That is one plug-ugly recliner!!!
>
> http://www.thompsonsfurniturecity.com/lazboy/tkcollection/
Holy shit. That is some ugly stuff. The houses - and especially the
furniture - make his paintings look good in comparison.
Did anyone else read the Kinkade article in the New York Times last year
(October, I think)? He sounds like an egomaniacal jerk. Big surprise, huh?
And he's the most popular "artist" in the US. Yet another argument for
Voluntary Human Extinction.
http://www.vhemt.org
--Nina
Corine Kling
Nina Paley wrote:
You could paint circles arond this guy!
Cori
Linda Causey
http://www.robotmonstertoys.com/apw/salvadors_art_gallery.htm
The furniture looks like somebody puked on it.
--
Linda Causey
http://www.robotmonstertoys.com/apw/
"I hated to kill them all but they needed to be taught a lesson." - Ralph
Phillips
"Corine Kling" <ckl...@kevinkling.tzo.com> wrote in message
news:3C8E4680...@kevinkling.tzo.com...
Silvermoon
"Gutterboy" <gutte...@aol.commeilfaut> wrote in message ...
> Tying in to two old threads: a story in this morning's USA Today says that
the
> assembly-line painter Thomas Kinkade is now the mentor behind his own
planned
> community of blights.
> I looked it up on the Web -- yup. Kinkade is the merchandising mastermind
> behind something called "The Village at Hiddenbrooke":
> http://www.thevillage-kinkade.com/news.html
Yup! I remember the old thread about the ensuing horror, hoping it will
never come to pass. Thanks for the url. We were wondering what they could
possibly do to createa nightmare like this. Oh well.
> Ugly as these things are, they have to be better than some of his other
> projects listed in the paper, which include "a line of La-Z-Boy recliners
and
> sofas upholstered in Kinkade fabric."
I do not see what is so special about those homes. I mean, nothing sets
them apart or even look like the homes he paints.
> EWWW! I just found THOSE, too! That is one plug-ugly recliner!!!
> http://www.thompsonsfurniturecity.com/lazboy/tkcollection/
What the hell was that?! Damn ugly fabric!
Silvermoon
"Linda Causey" <l...@tca.net> wrote in message
> My little Salvador could paint circles around this guy.
> http://www.robotmonstertoys.com/apw/salvadors_art_gallery.htm
LOL!! You are right though! :)
> The furniture looks like somebody puked on it.
Linda, you hit the nail on the head.
Pat
> Kinkade is the merchandising mastermind
> behind something called "The Village at Hiddenbrooke":
>
> http://www.thevillage-kinkade.com/news.html
Oy. And not only that, he's got a book out this month (co-written
with Katherine Spencer) titled _Cape Light_. From the Walden Book
Report:
"Artist Thomas Kinkade is a modern-day Norman Rockwell. And now, he's
set down his paintbrush and picked up a pen to write this beautiful
novel.
Nestled in coastal New England is Cape Light, a picturesque seaside
hamlet where folks still enjoy a strong sense of community. These
friends and neighbors, doers and dreamers are people who laugh and
love and build their lives together. Their stories will capture your
heart.
Cape LIght is a little town you've never been to but know by heart.
Thomas Kinkade invites you to enter this place of refuge."
Nina Paley
>
> My little Salvador could paint circles around this guy.
> http://www.robotmonstertoys.com/apw/salvadors_art_gallery.htm
Wow! First LiveNudeCats, now Salvador's gallery. I love it! I adore
cockatiels, and it looks like you have an exceptionally talented one.
> > You could paint circles arond this guy!
> >
> > Cori
Actually, it would be very difficult for me to paint like Mr. Kinkade.
It would require an iron constitution, if you know what I mean. There's
nothing worse than being nauseated by your own work.
If Salvadore were made to paint like Kinkade, I'd call the SPCA. Heck,
I'd call the SPCA if he were made to LOOK at a Kinkade.
--Nina
Corine Kling
Pat wrote:
> >Gutterboy wrote:
> > Kinkade is the merchandising mastermind
> > behind something called "The Village at Hiddenbrooke":
> >
> > http://www.thevillage-kinkade.com/news.html
>
> Oy. And not only that, he's got a book out this month (co-written
> with Katherine Spencer) titled _Cape Light_. From the Walden Book
> Report:
>
> "Artist Thomas Kinkade is a modern-day Norman Rockwell. And now, he's
> set down his paintbrush and picked up a pen to write this beautiful
> novel.
>
How dare he compare himself to Mr. Rockwell! He couldn't clean his
paintbrushes! Hell, he makes Mark Kostabi look good....
Cori, who hates Kostabi....
Noelle
> > "Artist Thomas Kinkade is a modern-day Norman Rockwell. And now, he's
> > set down his paintbrush and picked up a pen to write this beautiful
> > novel.
> >
>
> How dare he compare himself to Mr. Rockwell! He couldn't clean his
> paintbrushes! Hell, he makes Mark Kostabi look good....
Uh? That's like, apples and oranges. Norman Rockwell's genius lay in
depicting people and their expressions and emotions. Correct me if I'm
wrong, but doesn't Kinkade paint houses and gardens and stuff like that? His
paintings are, I suppose, peaceful and unchallenging to gaze upon, if not
thought-provoking or terribly original. But Rockwell (of whose works I'm
unashamedly fond) defined decades of American life, its many classes and
cultures and ethnicities. Did anyone even know who Kinkade was even ten
years ago?
That, in turn, makes me think of a blurb I saw in one of Shawn's Playboy
magazines. I don't remember the Playmate's name, but apparently many artists
have decided to pay homage to her by doing portraits in different media of
her. The blurb shows two of the portraits: one an Impressionistic bust
portrait, breasts pointing forward like twin Sno-Cones; the other a slickly
airbrushed, almost photo-realistic portrait that looks like something Olivia
would do.
But the blurb was devoted to the Playmate's opinion of these works. Oh, here
it is. I just had to go find the magazine:
-----
"I dig culture," says Suzi Simpson, whose Playboy.com personal page includes
a gallery of Suzi portraits, each available for purchase. "Artists come up
to me all the time and say, 'Can I paint you?' I'm always like, sure!. . .
.I make jewelry, decorate homes, cook and appreciate fine art," Suzi says.
"As a jack-of-many-trades but master of none, I'm honored to work with such
great artists. They are the Picassos of tomorrow--I suggest that you get one
of their pieces while you can."
-----
So there you have it. I don't know whether to blame the punctuation error on
an editor or Suzi herself; there should be a comma following "cook," yes?
She cooks fine art? She "dig[s] culture"? Like, sure! But the part that
really got my attention was her comparison of these artists' work to
Picasso. Clearly, her culture-digging never included an art history or art
appreciation course. Methinks she just grabbed a famous arty name she
recognized and dropped it.
Which is what I think whoever compared Kinkade to Rockwell did.
--
When we lift the covers from our feelings we expose our insecure spots
Trust is just as rare as devotion, forgive us our cynical thoughts
--Rush
Gutterboy
>"I dig culture," says Suzi Simpson, whose Playboy.com personal page includes
>a gallery of Suzi portraits, each available for purchase. "Artists come up
>to me all the time and say, 'Can I paint you?' I'm always like, sure!. . .
>.I make jewelry, decorate homes, cook and appreciate fine art," Suzi says.
>"As a jack-of-many-trades but master of none, I'm honored to work with such
>great artists. They are the Picassos of tomorrow--I suggest that you get one
>of their pieces while you can."
>-----
>
>So there you have it. I don't know whether to blame the punctuation error on
>an editor or Suzi herself; there should be a comma following "cook," yes?
>She cooks fine art? She "dig[s] culture"? Like, sure! But the part that
>really got my attention was her comparison of these artists' work to
>Picasso. Clearly, her culture-digging never included an art history or art
>appreciation course. Methinks she just grabbed a famous arty name she
>recognized and dropped it.
Snork. If she ever heard about Picasso's blue period, she'd probably refer him
to her gynecologist.
Gutterboy
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Veronique
Maybe Cori actually meant you could paint circles around this guy.
//visualizing a DMSO-cyanide airbrush//
V. (who unfortunately lives three blocks from a Kincaide Gallery,
mostly empty)
--
Veronique Chez Sheep
Love will get you like a case of anthrax.
Nina Paley
>
> From the trenches, on Tue, 12 Mar 2002 18:12:08 -0700, *Nina
> Paley* dispatched this missive...
>
> Q:Actually, it would be very difficult for me to paint like Mr. Kinkade.
> Q:It would require an iron constitution, if you know what I mean. There's
> Q:nothing worse than being nauseated by your own work.
> Q:
> Actually Thomas Kinkeade doesn't paint anything. He has a whole
> battalion of little Kinkeadites who do the actual painting these
> days in Kinkeade Galleries across the country. "While you wait!"
> We even have one here. Mayhap you can find the archived New
> Yorker article about him. He definitely has visions of empire.
> And his daughters have funny names.
Kinkade paints the originals from which prints are made onto canvas-like
material. The Kinkadeites then "enhance" the "paintings" (actually
prints - the big K never sells his original paintings) by dabbing on
additional globs of paint for "texture." This while-U-wait "painting"
costs some ridiculous amount of money in addition to the already absurd
base price of the print. So anyway, Kinkade really does "paint,"
although a more accurate term would be "illustrate," since the so-called
"art" bering his name was mass-produced.
--Nina
Andrea
<snip>
> Kinkade paints the originals from which prints are made onto canvas-like
> material. The Kinkadeites then "enhance" the "paintings" (actually
> prints - the big K never sells his original paintings) by dabbing on
> additional globs of paint for "texture." This while-U-wait "painting"
> costs some ridiculous amount of money in addition to the already absurd
> base price of the print.
Gah, this crap's ugly. The fact that some people call him an artist gals me.
I mean, Mark Kostabi doesn't do all of his own paintings but I always
thought of it as him, yet again, thumbing his nose at people. I respect his
ability to piss people off. ;-)
But uh.....this Kinkade person's just wrong.
--
-Andrea
Denise
care for him. My wanna-be breeder friend is always "name dropping"
him; "we're saving up for a KINCADE!!!". I truthfully had no idea who
he was until she recoiled in horror at my ignorance of him and then
whipped out a brochure. Turns out I guess we have one of his
galleries here in Portland.
On 12 Mar 2002 16:46:15 GMT, gutte...@aol.commeilfaut (Gutterboy)
wrote:
Veronique
> I am SOOOOOOOOOO glad to hear there are others out there that don't
> care for him. My wanna-be breeder friend is always "name dropping"
> him; "we're saving up for a KINCADE!!!". I truthfully had no idea who
> he was until she recoiled in horror at my ignorance of him and then
> whipped out a brochure. Turns out I guess we have one of his
> galleries here in Portland.
I find this so sad. There are so many artists out there, and so much
art, that to spend money on mass-produced schlock just makes me sad.
On my walls, I have a framed acrylic done by my mother, an original
"Fluff" by Nina Paley (framed and matted), a matted and framed
collection of original pencil sketches of my old cat with photographs
of both of us, a framed sheep poster, and a mounted dinosaur print
torn out of a calendar.
So what about the rest of you? What adorns your walls? And is it there
for love or investment?
V.
JesterKat
veroniq...@yahoo.com (Veronique) wrote:
>So what about the rest of you? What adorns your walls? And is it there
>for love or investment?
More like for love or amusement. Selected highlights from various
walls:
In the kitchen, an old map of the Indiana county where my family farm
is located; two small shelves of family photos.
In the living room, an enormous eight-pointed star quilt that I found
in a used-furniture store for $40; two calligraphy prints by Susan Loy
( http://www.literarycalligraphy.com/biblical/eccl3.html and
http://www.literarycalligraphy.com/flowers/langgardflow.html ); a
lithograph by Thomas Canty (couldn't find a link, but it's of a woman
wearing a mask made of flames); twelve feet of bookshelves.
In the bedroom, prints of Michael Whelan's "Summer Queen" and "Snow
Queen" (I tried to find links, but Whelan's a wee bit paranoid--I had
to jump through all kindsa hoops just to get to his gallery site, and
then there weren't specific links); a mirror; and a lithograph by Pat
Street, a local artist who's a friend of my mom. A quick look will
explain why I like it so much: http://patstreet.com/oursongb.jpg
In the computer room, a painting of a tree in winter, with a full
moon; a bulletin board with New Yorker cartoons; an old wooden
medicine cabinet that I refinished; the lyrics to Jethro Tull's "Cup
of Wonder," which I printed out in a faux-calligraphic font; one wall
full of closet doors and bookshelves.
Eclectic, to say the least. ;-)
---JesterKat
***************
You may never understand how the Stranger is inspired
But he isn't always evil, and he is not always wrong...
---Billy Joel
Noelle
news:3c499a9e.02031...@posting.google.com...
> On my walls, I have a framed acrylic done by my mother, an original
> "Fluff" by Nina Paley (framed and matted)
I'm envious!
> So what about the rest of you? What adorns your walls? And is it there
> for love or investment?
Ooh. I like questions like this. Let's see. Mostly for love; I can't afford
investment! Downstairs, I have:
*an enormous, gorgeously matted and framed print of "La Belle Dame Sans
Merci" by John William Waterhouse
*a canvas print of "Midsummer's Eve" by Edward Robert Hughes, hanging over
my fireplace in such a manner that when the fireplace is lit, it appears to
be the source of the illumination on the young woman's face as she bends
over the fairy ring
*a matted and framed print of one of Frida Kahlo's self-portraits
*a canvas print reproduction of "Sappho" by Charles-Auguste Mengin
*a matted and framed "Wise Woman" fabric applique picture that I bought at a
Renaissance faire
*and a matted and framed, signed and numbered print of "It's a Froggy Frog
World" by Jody Biersema (sp?), a weird, nifty little print of three frogs
clutching a Celtic knot design
*and a greeting card that I matted and framed myself, featuring a
turn-of-the-century family portrait that someone has gone in and added
Monarch butterfly wings to all the solemn folks
*an original painting by my grandmother, featuring a chapel in the middle of
snow-covered woods, for which my dad made the picture frame.
*Upstairs, hanging over my computer desk, I have a fantastic "Lord of the
Rings" poster that's identical to the one that used to hang on my bedroom
door when I was a teenager
*Shawn has a matted and framed print of an otherworldly city that I really
can't describe, sort of Escher meets ancient Greece
*a matted and framed print of a Charles Rennie Mackintosh picture
*a framed print of a Victorian painting by an unknown artist, featuring a
kitten snuggling up to a collie.
There's also assorted family photos on the walls, upstairs and down.
--
If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.
--Mahatma Gandhi
Steve Lamb
> So what about the rest of you? What adorns your walls? And is it there
> for love or investment?
Computer room: Nothing yet.
Living room: 2 Vampire Princess Miyu wall scrolls and a poster of Gaiman's
Death, mounted and framed.
Dining area: Silver ink/construction paper picture of Death done by
someone who sold it on eBay, mounted, framed. Also an ASC artist' rendition
of Death will be up on the wall once I get it mounted and framed as well.
I've got the spot picked out.
Bedroom: 2 different Kimagure Orange Road wall scrolls. I have 4 total.
Two used to be in the living room until I got the Death poster and a second
VPM wall scroll. They'll go up later.
Yeah, anime and comic books.
--
Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your
ICQ: 5107343 | main connection to the switchboard of souls.
To email: Don't despair! | -- Lenny Nero, Strange Days
-------------------------------+---------------------------------------------
Jim Mowreader
> So what about the rest of you? What adorns your walls? And is it there
> for love or investment?
Let's see...
Right above the computer is a 3M Rainbow print of a boat floating in the
ocean. It's the first spliced-together Photoshop piece I did that looked
like it wasn't spliced together. Next to it is a Berlin Brigade patch, a
Matchbox VW Bus, and a diecast of the car Dale Earnhardt drove in the 1997
edition of The Winston.
I have a large stuffed Fearless Leader from the Rocky & Bullwinkle Show. (I
have a little Boris Badenov and a small Fearless Leader for the Bus, when
it's done.)
Out in the hall is a 11x14 black & white photo of the statue of the New
Soviet Man that's at the Soviet War Memorial in East Berlin. I laid the
camera on the steps when I took it; he looks very majestic.
Downstairs are a lot more photos--some of Lori's family, others that I took.
--
--jmowreader
xp...@earthlink.net
Congratulations to Tony Stewart for winning the MBNA America 500!
Terrie Strike
>So what about the rest of you? What adorns your walls? And is it there
>for love or investment?
I'm a college student in a dorm, so it's mainly there to cover butt ugly
walls. I've got two silk paintings I did for an art class. Two plastic signs
from the hardware store. ("No Smoking" and "Keep Off Grass"). A three small
prints I got from the grocery store or animal photos. (A wolf, two tigers and
a leopard).
-errie
pythia
> for love or investment?
>
Hmmm, let's see...
The living room walls are mostly adorned with our sword collection, but
there is also an original oil given us as a wedding present by an old friend
of mine.
The small bedroom, which we use as our ritual space, is festooned with a
variety of things, among them a small painting done by my great-grandfather,
who was a fresco artist in the late 19th century. It is of a little
Grecian-style temple at the edge of an ocean and is done in such lovely,
jewel-like colours that glow to this day as if it were freshly painted.
In our bedroom is a Michael Parkes print (of mermaids, another wedding gift)
and, over the bed, a print of a Renaissance-era couple done by an unknown
artist.
Walking down the hall you'll find a framed, hand-tinted photo of a small,
abandoned, falling-down Queen Anne-style house that haunted me ceaselessly
until it came to hang on my wall. It's so compelling that I find myself
stopping and just staring at it. There's a print of the historic home where
I worked, another Michael Parkes, a Steve Hanks (prints, both), and a
limited edition sericel from Disney's "Aladdin".
Here in the office there's a canvas copy of Hughes' "Midsummer Night" over
my barreltop desk and my prize, a HUGE Maxfield Parrish print over a mission
side table.
My husband is an artist (stone sculture, primarily), yet we own none of his
pieces. Figure that one out.
Citizen Ted
wrote:
>So what about the rest of you? What adorns your walls? And is it there
>for love or investment?
Well, lessee....
I have Dali's "Narcissus" (no not the original, you silly
thing, you!).
A large, colorful 2-canvas abstract I did many years ago.
A beautifully matted and framed photo of Mt. Baker.
A huge decoupage-on-wood reprint of an antique Ayers
sarsparilla poster.
Hag's "Urban Growth", (I know, I know...but I *like* it!)
Topographical map of the Mount Baker Wilderness
Two complementary Egyptian papyrus paintings, done by one
those travelling Egyptian papyrus painters - cheesy, but nicely
mounted. I like 'em.
My personal museum of oddities (sorry, you must visit me for
more details).
Robert Fripp's "Aphorisms" for musicians.
Monet's "Antibes Vue de Jardin de Salis" (I think).
A picture of California coastline featuring rolling, splashing
waves, placed over the toilet.
A huge aerial photo of Bellingham, mounted on gator board.
A poster of the old Bellingham City Hall.
A painted, tin chicken candle holder from Nicaragua.
A voodoo chicken foot. Source unknown.
Fuzzy dice.
Two calendars: Natures Beauty and The Residents of McMurdo
Station Antarctica - Naked.
That about covers it.
What can I say? I'm a tasteless man with great taste.
- TR
- oh, I also have a faux Mayan mask on black velvet. A gift.
Beth Cole
> So what about the rest of you? What adorns your walls? And is it there
> for love or investment?
>
Mostly for love, but even the pieces I love the most have turned out to be
an investment.
Primarily, we've decorated with art by Randall Spangler, who is best known
for his Draglings. http://www.fantasticart.com/randalspangler.htm I have
prints of his in the downstairs bathroom and the kitchen that are both
signed & numbered (I don't hang it unless it has been matted & framed.) The
one in the bathroom is an artist's proof under conservation glass. I don't
feel bad about hanging it there, since there is no bath or shower to screw
around with heat & humidity. (Bathroom print is called "Overweight Again!")
Next to the Spangler print in the kitchen is a pen & ink drawing that I
bought at a renaissance faire that reminded me of one of my D&D characters.
It's framed in a very simple black metal frame with stark white matting.
I've since found out that it was published in Dragon magazine, and I'm on
the lookout for that issue. It has only shown up on eBay once, about 2
years ago, and went for about 4x what I could afford to pay at the time.
(Drawing is a young woman standing under the moon with a book.)
Over the couch is a huge puzzle my husband did in his early college years
which his parents had framed. It depicts a mass sky-diving event, where all
the divers are holding hands/arms/legs/etc.
Nothing in the computer room right now, which I really need to remedy. I've
got a bunch more Spangler prints that are framed, and many more that are
matted and await framing, any of which would look good in here.
Over our bed, we have a framed poster (the frame is worth more than the
poster!) of the Birth of Aphrodite. She's standing on her seashell, in all
her naked glory. Definitely not something you want kiddies to see!
At work, hubby & I each have a Spangler print that is computer related. His
is called "Cat & Mouse", where the Draglings are tormenting a cat with a
computer mouse. Mine is "All In a Day's Work", where one of the Draglings
is playing a flight simulator as his work is all piled up around him!
Beth
--
"Art is either plagiarism or revolution." -Paul Guaguin
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Ginny
> So what about the rest of you? What adorns your walls? And is it there
> for love or investment?
>
>
toook that we framed ourselves at the local frame-it place, plus a few
posters from the Art Institute of Chicago, and some Ansel Adams posters
and prints.
Also, a bunch of matted but not yet framed watercolors and posters that
we bought on various trips to Maui, and some hula photos by Randy Jay
Braun (http://www.randyjaybraun.com). The watercolors are just funny
little things like cats at luaus, cartoony tropical fish, and things
like that. Oh - and one framed pencil sketch of a TV character. The
artist is a buddy from HL fandom.
We're pretty sure that future trips will result in more photos and stuff
to put on the walls. ;)
--
RED57 at AOL dotty calm
"I think we're all bozos on this bus."
Michelle Martin
(snippy)
> So what about the rest of you? What adorns your walls? And is it there
> for love or investment?
>
> V.
> --
In my living room: Two Alice in Wonderland Prints by Scott Gustafson; a
print by Michael James called "Five to Four" (don't know who the artist
is, but I really liked the simplicity of the print); three prints by
Marianne Wieland (a local artist); and a "The Nightmare Before
Christmas" print with collector pins in it.
My "library" walls are basically covered with bookcases, so no wall art
there. (There are all kinds of toys and little collectibles on the
shelves with the books, though.)
In my bedroom (gawd, I'm embarrassed to admit this, it's so teenage
girly): three R.E.M. posters, a Pet Shop Boys poster, a Keith Haring
poster, and a LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring movie poster. Also, a Nene
Thomas fantasy print called Introspection.
All my art is for love, not investment. I always feel that if you just
buy art for investment, what's the point? You may as well put the money
in T-bills, or a 401K or something.
Michelle
--
"Day 1: In Shire. Stunning vista of innocent and pastoral beauty. Is it me, or
was Frodo just hanging around in that field masturbating before I came along?"
-- Gandalf, from LOTR: Very Secret Diaries
REP
<re...@aol.com> wrote:
> In alt.support.childfree, Veronique posted in glowing silver runes...
> > So what about the rest of you? What adorns your walls? And is it there
> > for love or investment?
> >
> >
> Oh, good one. We've got a lot of landscape photos that either DH or I
> toook that we framed ourselves at the local frame-it place, plus a few
> posters from the Art Institute of Chicago, and some Ansel Adams posters
> and prints.
There's not much: a 1949 Parrish litho (original, not reproduction) called
"The Village Church," a 1800s photo of my g-g-grandparents with their draft
horses and a Alcatraz graphic I thought was nifty in the bathroom.
Cheryl Greer
>
> So what about the rest of you? What adorns your walls? And is it there
> for love or investment?
In the living room, movie posters. Not originals, just reprints. If
I could afford to become a collector of original old movie posters, I
would. Right now we have Gilda, The Third Man, and Metropolis up.
In the dining room and kitchen, my collection of disturbing 1950's
food ads and 1950's food signs. My inspiration was The Gallery of
Regrettable Food. I know that doesn't count as art, but...:)
In the bedroom, we have a lot of Alphonse Mucha prints, the spare
bedroom has a quasi-Southwestern theme with some Native American art,
and we saved the computer room for all of our geek stuff: many Batman
and Star Wars posters and such.
Cheryl
for whom hell would be
a room with empty walls
sa...@nospam.com
wrote:
>"Veronique" <veroniq...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:3c499a9e.02031...@posting.google.com...
>
>> So what about the rest of you? What adorns your walls? And is it there
>> for love or investment?
>
>*an enormous, gorgeously matted and framed print of "La Belle Dame Sans
>Merci" by John William Waterhouse
>
I have 3 Waterhouses...two of which I bought for $10 at SquallMart...
couldn't believe I found them there! Also, a lot of small Parrishes
and a Wyeth..."His Master's Bedroom"... over the bed. The kitchen
area has a periodic table of the vegetables (I'm a vegetarian chemist)
and a small van Gogh ("Sunflowers"). There are a couple of small
stained glass pieces in the windows. My DBF hung up a 1974 poster of
Donovan, nude (cuts off just below the umbilicus, haha). Then there's
that VW poster on the door to the bathroom area, and a large framed VW
ad from 1972. This is all in a one-room cabin with tie-dyed curtains.
Oh, and don't forget the obligatory cat toys scattered everywhere.
Probably none of it is worth anything to anyone but us, but it
means a lot to us!
:) :) :)
Sarah
childfree doc
:) :) :)
Sarah
Gutterboy
>A voodoo chicken foot. Source unknown.
I've got one of those too, courtesy of Gutterwoman -- a feathered, beaded
chicken foot bound in pretty wire.
Orchid
wrote:
>So what about the rest of you? What adorns your walls? And is it there
>for love or investment?
Let's see.
Entry Hall:
Signed and numbered Elise Mitchell print of a siamese-looking
cat with gorgegous blue and gold wings stretched up over its head in a
very Egyptian pose.
Living Room:
Pencil by Desiree Kern titled "Maltese Cat" (low-quality scan
at http://vcl.ctrl-c.liu.se/vcl/Artists/Desiree-Kern/maltese.jpg)
Chinese watercolour by Desiree Kern over the fireplace,
untitled, of a kimono-ed woman feeding koi from a bridge with e huge
Imperial dragon rising up out of the mist behind her
Black and white photograph of the Five Sisters Of Kintail, a
Scottish mountain range
Oil by Desiree Kern of a cat-headed woman, done
portrait-style.
Hallway:
Signed and numbered print by Elise Mitchell titled 'Temple
Guardians' (Aztec-looking temple being guarded by two winged jaguars a
la Aztec myth.)
Pencil by Desiree Kern titled "Gargoyle" (low-quality scan at
http://vcl.ctrl-c.liu.se/vcl/Artists/Desiree-Kern/gargoyle.gif)
Computer Room:
Print by Chalres Wissig titled "Maleficent's Fury" (Maleficent
of Disney Sleeping Beauty fame in the dragon form spitting flame at
Prince Charming)
Waiting to be framed:
Original pen and inkwash by Bill Bridges of Shakar from the
first edition Werewolf Player's Guide (White Wolf)
Animation cel by Angela Koslow of a group of LARP characters
that my LARP character happened to lead.
Signed and numbered print by NeNe Thomas, titled "Fairy of
Black Cats" (Scan at www.nenethomas.com in 'Gallery', then 'Sold Out
Prints')
And that's it.......for now.
Lee Ann
wrote:
>So what about the rest of you? What adorns your walls? And is it there
>for love or investment?
Let's see... everything on the walls is for love, not investment.
My BA and MA diplomas (OK, maybe that's for investment *grin*)
A bulletin board with a calendar, my season tickets for the local
soccer game, and cartoons that have amused me.
Several Brandenburg wolf prints.
Leather Green-Man mask made for us by friends.
A feather smudging wand.
Two prints of wolf and moon, Inuit-style art, by different artists.
Two posters of French chateaux (Usse and Chamont, I believe).
A photo of three wolf cubs.
A painting of an autumn tree.
Photos we took Ireland.
Ansel Adams prints.
A small cat gargoyle.
A Norton Goes to Paris calendar.
four framed shots of white flowers (a tulip, snowdrops, etc.)
I think that's it. :-)
Lee Ann
Atalanta Pendragonne
Art on the walls (WAS: Thomas Kinkade, painter of blights):
>On Wed, 13 Mar 2002 17:59:16 -0600, "Noelle" <gno...@centurytel.net>
>wrote:
>
>>*an enormous, gorgeously matted and framed print of "La Belle Dame Sans
>>Merci" by John William Waterhouse
>>
>I have 3 Waterhouses...two of which I bought for $10 at SquallMart...
>couldn't believe I found them there!
Another Waterhouse fan here! I've got posters, framed prints, and a
small canvas reproduction (Circe Invidiosa, bought from
http://www.illusionsgallery.com/giftshop.html). The dining room is
Ophelia territory... two Waterhouse Ophelia (the 1910 one and the 1894
one) prints, a big ol' poster of Arthur Hughes' Ophelia, and my other
small canvas repro, John Everett Millais' Ophelia. Other
Pre-Raphaelite prints and posters scattered about, as well as posters
of Vermeer's Girl With The Pearl Earring, Alphonse Mucha's Zodiac
Panneau, a map of the moon's surface, and a photo-manipulated image
showing a solar eclipse over Stonehenge. Also my weapons collection
(daggers, swords, and a crossbow)., and the living room skylights are
surrounded by hanging suncatchers, so there are often little rainbow
glints cast about.And a black and white Kit-Cat Clock (one of the old
plug-in models), and lots of framed photos.
My study is the Geek Zone, with celtic knotwork bedspreads tacked to
the walls and covering the floor (actually there are some of those in
the upstairs hallway as well), a Hogwarts poster and Slytherin and
Ravenclaw banners, a Severus Snape ornament hanging from the ceiling,
a Xena bookmark featuring Ares (moment of silence for Kevin Smith),
the current Llewellyn Witches' Calendar, a "Get in Touch with your Ex"
postcard from Marie LaVeau's House of Voodoo, a necklace I made out of
a bird's skull (a grackle, I think) on a leather thong, a paper
folding fan with a pattern of skulls, and glow-in-the dark stars on
the ceiling, as well as a hanging mobile of the solar system and a
paper lantern with a celtic knotwork design. Also another Kit-Cat
Clock (the 2000 "chrome" edition, battery-operated).
Basically, the stuff on my walls reflects the contents of my brain.
None of it is investment-level stuff, it's all just what I like.
Atalanta Pendragonne
http://www.BmeWorld.com/atalanta/ - Snake's Slash Pit (Adults Only!)
http://members.fortunecity.com/atalantapendragonne - The Amazing Shrinking Atalanta
TRUE! Nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?
Rabbit
> >for love or investment?
>
No investment. And there's not really that much on the walls, but most
of it is photographs I've shot over the years. Let's see:
- Kitchen. Corkboard of ribbons I've won at county fairs for baking
and jams. Three wooden crate ends with 1940s Sunkist orange ads on
them, found at a yard sale for $1 each. A photo of my old car, shot
through the screen window (kinda cool). Poster of moonlit Paris
street. Photo of the world's greatest athlete, Secretariat (I'm a
horse-racing fan). Calendar featuring Elvgren pin-up girls this year.
Small cast-iron frypan hand-painted with "make a roux" bought in New
Orleans.
- Hallway. Huge oil painting of the street we lived on in Florida. I
think a family friend painted it, I'm not sure. Cartoon drawn by
semi-famous cartoon friend of Husband and his custom car. My photo of
the woods nearby in fall colors.
- Rest of hallway. Collection of Rabbit's photos, including old cars,
cool sunsets, Puccini and Max the cats, horse racing, and an infrared
of a northern scene.
- Bedroom. Very little on walls as Husband wasn't about to put holes
in drywall he'd installed and painted. Little metal gecko bought in
Mexico. IKEA child's mobile of stars, moon and Saturn to match
celestial-themed wallpaper. Two small plaster plaques, bought from a
local artist, of a penis and vagina, on appropriate sides of the bed.
- Bathroom. Taxicab stuff. I have an extensive collection of toy cars,
taxi memorabilia, rooflights, a meter, ads, license plates, all over
the walls.
- Living room. Rabbit photo of Duesenberg car, print of horse, old
Chinese or Japanese silk painting that was mother's of a parrot on a
bamboo stem.
- Office. I think there are walls under all the bookshelves, which
pretty much go to the ceiling. Spare space taken up with photos,
clocks, an original pencil sketch of a truck like mine junked in a
field, an original two-share stock from Studebaker from 1966 (their
last year), an Oldsmobile wheel centre, Studebaker-themed
thermometers, Farmall cub tractor advertisements and a light
consisting of two porcelain hands, one holding a light bulb, the other
shielding it.
Rabbit
Rabbit
> > for love or investment?
>
<<. Cartoon drawn by
semi-famous cartoon friend of Husband and his custom car>>
CartoonIST friend.
An eternal hex on anyone who jumped on that.
Rabbit
Jbkred
>for love or investment?
>
>V.
>--
>Veronique Chez Sheep
>Love will get you like a case of anthrax.
Looking around my living room as I type this and what do I see? A giant black
and white framed still of Audrey Hepburn from "Breakfast at Tiffany's", a
collection of vintage hats, framed postcards, a framed poster of the "Diary of
Anne Frank" narrated by Audrey Hepburn and music by the New World Orchestra, a
women writers calendar, a bulletin board with postcards, photos, articles, and
other mementos, framed water colors of Parisian scenes, and my framed "World
Wide Mullet Watchers Association" certificate.
Golightly Grrl
Too lazy to check out the walls in her bedroom
Mardi Gras
> > So what about the rest of you? What adorns your walls? And is it there
> > for love or investment?
Always for love ...
Dining Room: "designer" (knockoff) oil painting in the style of Thomas
Pradzynski. Took me damn near forever to find this, as I wasn't about to pay
$45k for a real Pradzynski original oil, or even $5k for a serial print.
http://www.hilliardgallery.com/pradbio.html
Living Room: nothing yet, as DH & I have very conflicting tastes in art. I like
abstract/modern and he doesn't ;)
My Office: 2 Kandinsky prints and a mostly finished canvas of a local landmark
which my sister painted in school.
Bedroom: a large print of a nearly abstract beach scene, and an art-deco
poster. The room is blue, green and wood tones, so I'm thinking of adding a
print of Edward Hopper's Cape Cod Morning:
http://www.printmasterinc.com/thumb/hopper/hopper57.html
Fun thread!
Shawna
lisef
All art on my walls is there because I like it-investment art is because
you like money! Frame a franc or a dollar bill if that is what you care
about. If it is good art then what do you care what it is worth? And if
it bad art then why would you advertise that you care more for the worth
than the art? If it does not move you or delight you then you made a
mistake.
AHughes
> wine...@hotmail.com (Denise) wrote:
>
> > I am SOOOOOOOOOO glad to hear there are others out there that don't
> > care for him. My wanna-be breeder friend is always "name dropping"
> > him; "we're saving up for a KINCADE!!!". I truthfully had no idea who
> > he was until she recoiled in horror at my ignorance of him and then
> > whipped out a brochure. Turns out I guess we have one of his
> > galleries here in Portland.
>
Thomas Kincade....painter of crap!
CatWoman
> So what about the rest of you? What adorns your walls? And is it there
> for love or investment?
Definitely not investment here, unless the rather damaged
original Labyrinth promo poster is worth something.
At home, there's that, and a charcoal or pencil sketch of
a perplexed knight wondering what to do with the cat-sized
dragon he has found. Plus a few smaller items of cats or
mountains.
At work, definitely for love - or friendship, at least. I
have a print of the frame of the Klingon Bird of Prey de-cloaking
over the whaling ship that a friend had made for my birthday.
He took the video (*pre* DVD) to a store where they were
able to make a poster-sized print of the one frame - it's
over my computer, and I look at it regularly.
A lot of other stuff on the walls & cork boards - photos,
cartoons, things like that.
Diana
Jason G
>
>At work, definitely for love - or friendship, at least.
I want one of these for work:
http://www.despair.com/consulting.html
--
Jason G
"It's a lot of work being this shallow and sarcastic day in and day out."
-Abbie F., a.s.c.
Noelle
news:a6s0u...@enews2.newsguy.com...
> CatWoman <di...@wetware.com> made obeisance before Us and spake thusly:
> >
> >At work, definitely for love - or friendship, at least.
>
> I want one of these for work:
>
> http://www.despair.com/consulting.html
Oh, those are great! Shawn's boss is heavily into those "Successories," and
they're all over the place at his office. I directed Shawn's attention to
these parodies. He was amused (he doesn't like Successories). The funny
thing is that the photos on these are so similar to the real thing; I know
I've seen the lion photograph and the needle-in-a-haystack on bonafide
Successories at Shawn's workplace.
This is my favorite, just because the message is so ambiguous:
http://www.despair.com/bitterness.html
Steve Lamb
> "Jason G" <jrgusenet@REMOVE_ooo_THIS_xxx_PART_yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:a6s0u...@enews2.newsguy.com...
>> http://www.despair.com/consulting.html
[snippage]
> This is my favorite, just because the message is so ambiguous:
> http://www.despair.com/bitterness.html
This one is hanging in my cube at work:
http://www.despair.com/pes24x30prin.html
no1herenow
and will also appreciate. This is often not as hard as you would
think.
(I was taught by a former girlfriend, 20 years ago: "You can love a
rich man just as much as a poor one") i.e. make true love a
requirement, but it is a necessary, not sufficient, condition. The
same can be true of artwork.
(IMHO) Kincade artwork is utterly ridiculous.
lisef <lise...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<3C912A89...@yahoo.com>...
Veronique
> Not necessarily. I think the trick is to find art that you both like
> and will also appreciate. This is often not as hard as you would
> think.
And then there's simply pleasing oneself. I think the issue has broken
down into, do you hang (or buy, even) an art piece because you like it
or because you like it AND it will likely appreciate?
Probably broken down even further into, at what point do you spending
a lot of money on a piece of art with the idea that it's will
appreciate (and not just be appreciated!)?
Personally, the original art that I am attracted to is so far out of
my price range that it will never be an issue. Caravaggio's
"Conversion of St Paul", for example.
>
> (I was taught by a former girlfriend, 20 years ago: "You can love a
> rich man just as much as a poor one") i.e. make true love a
> requirement, but it is a necessary, not sufficient, condition. The
> same can be true of artwork.
And like fashions in art (Kincade, for example), someone who was
wealthy may end up poor.
>
> (IMHO) Kincade artwork is utterly ridiculous.
Can't argue with that, except it's not silly enough.
no1herenow
veroniq...@yahoo.com (Veronique) wrote in message news:<3c499a9e.0203...@posting.google.com>...
> no1he...@yahoo.com (no1herenow) wrote in message news:<4e94f69.02031...@posting.google.com>...
> > Not necessarily. I think the trick is to find art that you both like
> > and will also appreciate. This is often not as hard as you would
> > think.
>
> And then there's simply pleasing oneself. I think the issue has broken
> down into, do you hang (or buy, even) an art piece because you like it
> or because you like it AND it will likely appreciate?
If I have met the objective of liking a particular art piece, then
financial appreciation is clearly a bonus. If I must decide between
two pieces, both of which I like equally, but one of them will likely
appreciate, then I choose the one that will ultimately generate a
return. In the two scenarios you have presented, I would be pleased
with both. I just tend to seek out the latter, as there is nothing
lost in doing so.
>
> Probably broken down even further into, at what point do you spending
> a lot of money on a piece of art with the idea that it's will
> appreciate (and not just be appreciated!)?
>
Purchasing artwork for purely a financial gain is something that I
do not consider. Buying artwork for pure return-on-investment is not
an area that I choose to pursue. For me, the stock market provides
plenty of this opportunity.
> Personally, the original art that I am attracted to is so far out of
> my price range that it will never be an issue. Caravaggio's
> "Conversion of St Paul", for example.
> >
> > (I was taught by a former girlfriend, 20 years ago: "You can love a
> > rich man just as much as a poor one") i.e. make true love a
> > requirement, but it is a necessary, not sufficient, condition. The
> > same can be true of artwork.
>
> And like fashions in art (Kincade, for example), someone who was
> wealthy may end up poor.
True. But I did not choose to marry a fashion. In fact, I chose to
marry a 'classic', which neither go out of style, nor are likely end
up poor. As in all 'investments', you must do your homework. I would
expect (and expected my spouse to do so as well) to fully assess, in
all areas, a marriage partner.
It is also a two-way street. You must bring value (and I don't mean
financial) to the relationship, in many ways, if you expect it to
last.
Veronique
> Comments below....
>
> veroniq...@yahoo.com (Veronique) wrote in message news:<3c499a9e.0203...@posting.google.com>...
> > no1he...@yahoo.com (no1herenow) wrote in message news:<4e94f69.02031...@posting.google.com>...
> > >
> > > (I was taught by a former girlfriend, 20 years ago: "You can love a
> > > rich man just as much as a poor one") i.e. make true love a
> > > requirement, but it is a necessary, not sufficient, condition. The
> > > same can be true of artwork.
> >
> > And like fashions in art (Kincade, for example), someone who was
> > wealthy may end up poor.
>
> True. But I did not choose to marry a fashion. In fact, I chose to
> marry a 'classic', which neither go out of style, nor are likely end
> up poor. As in all 'investments', you must do your homework. I would
> expect (and expected my spouse to do so as well) to fully assess, in
> all areas, a marriage partner.
> It is also a two-way street. You must bring value (and I don't mean
> financial) to the relationship, in many ways, if you expect it to
> last.
I suppose, not being married, that I don't have the experience to
comment on the wisdom of your choice nor how you went about it. But it
certainly sounds like you belong with each other.
V.
--
Veronique Chez Sheep
Love will get you like a case of nanpax.
Abbie F.
>Kinkade is the merchandising mastermind
>behind something called "The Village at Hiddenbrooke":
>
>http://www.thevillage-kinkade.com/news.html
A community selling the concepts of "beauty" and "tranquility" - interesting.
These seem to be springing up everywhere as life becomes more and more chaotic
for the famblees who buy such large homes.
How ironic that so many people will move to find peace, only to find that the
havoc just follows them! ;> They can't buy escape from stress when it's
coming from their own households.
One would hope that strict noise and yard-mess rules will be enforced to keep
it nice; i.e., no ugly plastic sliding boards or swingsets to ruin the quaint
charm they're trying to create.
- Abbie CF ++ TK ++++ TPI +++ A ++
"I'd love to have a Mustang again. But I've got kids..." - Wistful former
sports car owner, admiring an immaculate childfree vehicle. ;>
Aynthem
Abbie F. wrote in message <20020318083605...@mb-ch.aol.com>...
>>From: gutte...@aol.commeilfaut (Gutterboy)
>
>>Kinkade is the merchandising mastermind
>>behind something called "The Village at Hiddenbrooke":
>>
>>http://www.thevillage-kinkade.com/news.html
>
keep
>it nice; i.e., no ugly plastic sliding boards or swingsets to ruin the
quaint
>charm they're trying to create.
You might be interested in the article Salon ran on Kincade's blight a few
days ago:
http://www.salon.com/mwt/style/2002/03/18/kinkade_village/index.html
I subscribe to Salon, so if this is a member's only link, let me know, and
I'll post the text.
Melody
Lorz
> You might be interested in the article Salon ran on Kincade's blight a few
> days ago:
>
> http://www.salon.com/mwt/style/2002/03/18/kinkade_village/index.html
I had to stop reading halfway through, when I came to this:
"But four model homes are
open to entice the public: the Everett, the Winsor,
the Chandler, and the Merritt, each
named after one of Kinkade's children."
--
"when i got preggers with my daughter i had sleeped with 2
different guys." -- Teen Moo Boards
Jeanine
This is the most revolting thing I have ever seen. The "developers"
obviously have never seen a Kinkade painting. The houses look nothing
like ANY house that I have ever seen in one of his paintings.
An obvious attempt to cash in on somebody's name. How nauseating.
Calico Moon
Jeanine
"I was going to buy a copy of The Power of Positive Thinking, and then I thought: What good would that do?"
Sol Taibi
> My little Salvador could paint circles around this guy.
> http://www.robotmonstertoys.com/apw/salvadors_art_gallery.htm
>
> The furniture looks like somebody puked on it.
>
Time to post this link again (chimpanzee enrichment):
http://www.cwu.edu/~cwuchci/enrichment.html
Abbie F.
>Aynthem wrote:
>
>> You might be interested in the article Salon ran on Kincade's blight a few
>> days ago:
>>
>> http://www.salon.com/mwt/style/2002/03/18/kinkade_village/index.html
>
>I had to stop reading halfway through, when I came to this:
>"But four model homes are
> open to entice the public: the Everett, the Winsor,
>the Chandler, and the Merritt, each
> named after one of Kinkade's children."
>
suburbs were a "fiasco" that never lived up to expectations; they were too
crowded with traffic and people. What did they expect, with everybody moving
there!?
That led to this link also:
http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/03/18/light/index.html
There's a childless character in Kinkade's book. A mysterious stranger arrives
in town who looks amazingly like her... you can guess the rest.
Thanks, Aynthem, for the original link! :)
I wish his paintings hadn't received so much overexposure, because when I first
saw them, they did look charming in an "awwww, how sweet" kind of way. Now
that they're being mass produced on collector's plates and being sold to the
lowest common denominator, their magic's being diluted.
Still, if you forget about the blankets, houses, and notepads, go into the
traveling exhibit and see them shine a light on one of his original oils... it
*is* pretty. <Ducking head in anticipation of accusations of sappiness!>
Abbie F.
>And a black and white Kit-Cat Clock (one of the old
>plug-in models),...
I have one of those too! (Battery, tho'.) :-)
In here, nothing but a Mustang calendar; never got around to hammering into the
walls. Framed French advertising poster of a black cat still propped against
the desk.
I just realized hardly anything's attached to the walls; there are many framed
photos of pets, landscapes, adults with their cars, etc. on tabletops. No
ghastly baybee photos, though I keep getting them sent to me.
Ooh, how revealing. :-) It seems to imply that I don't like being pinned down
to one spot!