Thomas Kinkade...Artist?

I believe that Thomas Kinkade is definitely not an artist! I would consider him somewhat of an artist if he did his own work. I mean the guy does not even touch or work on any of the prints that are sold to consumers so I do not even know why some might consider him an artist. If anything, the artists that are applying the paint to his prints are the real artist, but it is not saying much in this sense. I have looked at a couple of his paintings online and all of them look so corny and all the paintings are pictures of things already done by many other artists, such as “the beech” scene and the American solider. The beech scene really annoys me because it is not even tasteful at all. If one looks closely at the painting, one can see a guy surfing in the background, and to me it is just ridiculous and makes me want to laugh. It infuriates me how this guy makes his sales by using the Iraqi War and Disneyland as his bait, especially at this particular time. He is thinking of anything he can to target people. I bet this guy can care less about what is going on with the war, he is trying to act all patriotic and concerned, when in reality, he is just a money hungry capitalist working the system. Also, him making Disneyland paintings is definitely not considered real art to me.

I compare Kinkade’s artwork to music on the radio. Most of the mainstream music that is played on the radio these days are not real musicians, and the only reason why they make this type of music is for the money, just like Kinkade trying to sell his work on television. The music is not real music, it is just a bunch of yelling and profanity with no real meaning. There is no style or originality to this mainstream music, it is just a replica of the song that just played before this song played, just like his artwork. The real music is underground, just like in art. The music that has style, culture, expressive, and always original is underground, just like in art. These musicians are not in it for the money, they are in it because of the love for the culture and love music. The real artists also do not care about the money, they just want to paint or draw because they love it as well. True musicians and artists do not need to advertise their songs and paintings to the people because if their work is true, vintage, and comes from the mind, heart, and soul, then the consumers or audience will find their music or painting. No need for advertising because it is just that good!

Kinkade is not an artist whatsoever. I hope people start to realize what real art means because if people are buying his pieces and thinking this is art, then people need to start waking up! Stop with the fakeness and get with the realness!

Analyze That!

http://www.buddhanet.net/lineart/buddhas/pages/bud

The piece that I am analyzing is line art that consists of straight and curved lines of a Buddha. This particular Buddha is not the typical chubby, bald headed guy that is always smiling. This Buddha seems as if he is in a deep meditation. The circular piece in the background represents life, which is a full circle, meaning it is one big cycle that repeats itself. All those curved and expressive lines seems to represent what human beings go through during a lifetime. At times life can be good, which is represented in the straight lines, but also, life can be difficult, which is represented in the curved lines. The two little kids on each side of the Buddha seems to be angels flying by his side, which symbolize opposites. The angel to the left of the Buddha, which appears to have a face, represents good, and the angel to his right that has no face, represents evil. Everything in this life has opposites, good/bad, small/big, girls/boys, smart/stupid, and so on. This piece has a two-dimensional space, which is flat and possesses height and width, but no depth perception. This art piece is very simple and plain, and does not consist of any hues from the color wheel. There is no saturation or analogous color scheme in this piece, it is definitely not like other pieces of art work, where is consists of many different types of mediums and shades. This piece consists of dark and light values of black and white. The artist also used a specific technique of drawing called hatching, which is an area of closely spaced parallel lines, which is usually found in the darker area. In this piece, hatching occurs right under the Buddha’s arms. The reason I chose this one particular piece is because it represents life and everything that we might encounter during this unbelievable journey and how we can overcome the hardships by being aware and once this occurs, we are enlightened.