Sigh…

Oh, no. No, no, no, no, NO. My mother will be thrilled. Dad’ll get choked up just talking about it. Wake me up when the rapture’s come and gone.

Cerise

Two words: mi graine.

That’s French for ’son of a b—-’, right June?

Cerise

The horror….

My parents have a piece (of sh**) by the “master of light.” I beg them to take it down. I think I’ll just steal it and paint over it.

“…resulting in Kinkade art being found in one out of every 10 U.S. households.” That is the most terrifying statement I have read all year.

I’m doing my part by having 3 Beksinski pieces hanging in my home. Just trying to balance the bad art/good art scales.

So what artists adorn the halls of Addison Roadies?

All prints, no originals yet - one of the things I’d love to do if we ever have the extra income is to start buying original paintings of lesser known artists.

I’ve got some Mark Rothko prints, which is almost a travesty when you compare them to the originals. He doesn’t translate well.

I fell in love with an urban graphic artist named Justin Bua, and have one of his prints up in my studio.

My back molars started aching as soon as I read this post…

I refuse to believe that one in ten American households own a Kinkade. I think it must be more like one in 50 homes has 3 prints, two Kinkadian bible covers, and three Kinkade Glade candles.

Hey Mike, there’s this lesser known artist you should meet. She’s really quite nice. She’s having her first show (since college) next month.

I once did a little online research on Mr. Kinkade and found a body of work he did years ago under a different name which is quite different from what he’s knwon for now and is actually palatable. I wonder when exactly he went over to the dark side…

I am loathe to admit that we are the 1 in 10 of Addison Road. Our realtor got us a house-warming gift when we bought our condo: a Kinkade throw blanket/rug/wallhanging/conversation piece with the American flag and a bald eagle on it, in addition to the obligatory Kinkadian lamp post. When I unwrapped it, I thought, “Sweet! My in-laws will love this!” …until I unfurled it and saw that it was EMBROIDERED WITH OUR NAMES.

My in-laws might still like it, but that would just be weird.

I encouraged my mother in law to hang a nice piece of art in the family room she was “redecorating” and on our next visit was aghast to discover that she had hung her Kinkade embroidered blanket there. Yes, on the wall.