On Friday Thomas Kinkade, self-proclaimed "Painter of Light," died suddenly at his home in California. He was 54
As his website proclaims, Kinkade was "America's most collected living artist." He sold over ten million works and his art or licensed product (which includes wallpaper, tableware, stationary, and La-Z-Boy chairs and sofas) is estimated to be in one in ten homes in the United States. He even "inspired" a novel (Cape Light), a TV-movie ("Home for Christmas"), and planned communities ("The Gates of Coeur d'Alene" in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and "The Village at Hiddenbrooke" outside of San Francisco, and others).
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