The Jerk Store: Thomas Kinkade

 

                        Kitsch...Thy name is Kinkade.

Why he is a Jerk:  Thomas Kinkade created an empire based on Christmas and phony outdoors scenes of folksy kitsch. He dubbed himself the Painter of Light (/pukes). This empire was built on suburban mall “galleries” that told buyers that they were investing in art. The multi-million dollar art empire was nothing more than mass produced rubbish signed by an a man more con than artist. 

Over the last several years the empire has crumbled under Kinkade’s increasingly bizarre behavior and a faltering market for his oil and pastel dribble. In 2006, Kinkade was a drunken mess and started heckling Siegfried and Roy in Las Vegas for wearing cod pieces. Normally, wearing a cod piece means open season for ridicule, but what did the painter expect when he bought tickets to see that dynamic duo?  Kinkade has a propensity for sexual harassment and was accused of publicly groping a colleague’s wife after falling off a bar stool during a Kinkade event in Indiana. On another occasion he relieved himself on a Winnie the Pooh statue in a Disney Hotel. But hey…who has not wanted to go R Kelly on a Disney character? Did I forget to mention that Kinkade reportedly said “This one’s for you, Walt.” while he was urinating on that innocent childhood figurine? 

Now gallery owners have levied a multi-million dollar lawsuit, he has declared bankruptcy with creditors owed over six million and QVC is even looking to stop hawking his snowy cottage fecal matter on canvas.  Ultimately, we all should have seen this meltdown coming. A quick read of Kinkade’s 2001 60 Minutes appearance shows that the man had illusions of grandeur that would make Benito Mussolini blush. 

So welcome Mr. Kinkade…you are the official artist of the DSB Jerk Store.

Thanks for coming and suckling on Daddy's Sugar Ball...
Bearcat

Posted by Bearcat at 6/23/2010 10:00 AM
Categories: Jerk Store
Tags: Winnie the Pooh Thomas Kinkade Siegfried and Roy Painter of Light QVC R Kelly
 

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