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Millionaire Kitsch Painter Becomes A Writer |
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NEW YORK.- Thomas Kinkade, the millionaire painter of happy kitsch scenes that are marketed to avid customers through a network of Kinkade Signature Galleries, is branching out into fiction. According to Publisher's Weekly, the painter's first novel is titled Cape Light, the name of his fictional town. At least two additional novels are in the works, co-written with Katherine Spencer and published by Berkley. "His paintings are of beautiful places," said book producer Jane Stine. "This was a marvelous opportunity to people his world." Kinkade's Media Arts print publisher had 2001 revenues of $130 million, and retail sales of Kinkade licensed goods, including gifts, furnishings and even a housing development, are said to exceed $400 million. Cape Light is priced at $16.07 on Amazon.com, which has also posted an excerpt.
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Today's News
July 5, 2024
The wide, wide world of Judy Chicago
Audrey Flack, creator of vibrant photorealist art, dies at 93
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen opens a new presentation of its collection
'Mapping the 60s. Art Histories from the mumok Collections' opens in Vienna
Salvador Dalí's iconic Mae West Lips Sofa goes on display at NGV International
San Francisco's arts institutions are slowly building back
The Beatles and the Beach Boys lead Heritage's Music Memorabilia & Concert Posters Auction
The man behind the Minions
Solo exhibition of new work by Lorna Robertson on view at Alison Jacques
Kröller-Müller Museum restores '56 Barrels' by Christo
parrasch heijnen's first solo exhibition with Nabilah Nordin to open in Los Angeles
One of comicdom's most (in)famous covers, 'Black Cat Mystery' No. 50, scares up a record $840,000 at Heritage Auctions
How a patriotic painting became the Internet's soap box
The Phillips Collection presents 'Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage'
On the Jersey Shore, there's a flag for everything
Ben Hunter and Offer Waterman announce co-representation of Tess Jaray
Paul Theroux on necessary solitude, risks and the joy of writing
Rob Stone, master marketer of hip-hop, is dead at 55
Niclas Larsson is ready to shoot more close-ups
Chinese coins celebrating scientific inventions lead Heritage's $8.4 million HKINF World & Ancient Coins Auction
Paul Smith's Foundation announces inaugural Director
The Dutch LAM museum adds flavour to art viewing experiences
Casino Luxembourg presents 'My Last Will', a project by M+M
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