# Thomas Kinkade...Urinator of Light. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 6, 2006, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thomas-kinkade-urinator-of-light/347202 "2006-03-06T00:58:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thomas-kinkade-urinator-of-light/347202/21 "2006-03-06T14:56:00Z")
Yeah, another vote for Bob Ross. He was odd in a cool way. Now let’s put a cloud in the sky. Just a little cloud up there in the sky. Where does your cloud live? ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thomas-kinkade-urinator-of-light/347202/22 "2006-03-06T15:49:52Z")
And on Kinkade: I always thought he had that look about him that he’s done/is gonna do something he shouldn’t. From a technical standpoint, he can paint…I just wouldn’t consider him an artist. If you’ve seen one Kinkade painting, you’ve seen 'em all. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thomas-kinkade-urinator-of-light/347202/23 "2006-03-06T15:58:20Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > No, not LaHaye and Jenkins. There’s another writer who is called “The Christian Tom Clancy”… Jake Thoene? Of course, as far as I know, Tom Clancy is Christian himself, so technically, Tom Clancy is the Christian Tom Clancy. ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thomas-kinkade-urinator-of-light/347202/24 "2006-03-06T16:00:32Z")
> [@Capa84](#): > > One of the “investigative” TV mags did a story about the Kincaid paintings…he never actually paints most of them…he has a team of artists that do, and he might go by and make one stroke with a brush on each. Some of the works he actually does paint completely, and those sell for much much more. Most anything bought in a kincade store is a print. Some have been “touched” by an \ assistant artist \. When he signs them, he visits a store or warehouse, where they must have a stack of paintings ready for him. He signs as fast as he can and goes through probably a hundred or a couple of hundred of the prints. Then he does \artist touch ups\. Same sort of story, but he has a paint brush and makes one or two marks on a printing before it is taken away. Oh, and the quality of the prints ain’t too good to begin with. In short, he is not a great artist, but a fantastic business. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thomas-kinkade-urinator-of-light/347202/25 "2006-03-06T16:40:54Z")
> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#): > > If you’ve seen one Kinkade painting, you’ve seen 'em all. If you’ve seen one Kinkade painting, you’ve seen two too many. One of my favorite vacation spots is a haven for artists. Lots of artists, lots of art galleries. I was always dismayed that among the art galleries was a Kincade mill. But last year, they were having a going out of business sale, while the galleries thrived. Hope springs eternal. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thomas-kinkade-urinator-of-light/347202/26 "2006-03-06T18:12:58Z")
> [@](#): > > In a deposition, the artist alluded to his practice of urinating outdoors, saying he “grew up in the country” where it was common. When pressed about allegedly relieving himself in a hotel elevator in Las Vegas, Kinkade said it might have happened. > > “There may have been some ritual territory marking going on, but I don’t recall it,” he said. I propose we rename the practice of public urination “kinkading”. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thomas-kinkade-urinator-of-light/347202/27 "2006-03-06T18:58:14Z")
So people criticize kinkead because he’s a popular artist, who churns ouit trite stuff? People forget that artists like Maxfield parrish and Norman Rockwell were the same way-in their day, widely derided as "hack’ artists who churned out trite subject matter. Just you wait! My Kinkaid will be worth SCADS od dough…in 2106! As for the peeing…every artists has his ideosycracies! ---
**Author:** ![moonstarssun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@moonstarssun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonstarssun)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thomas-kinkade-urinator-of-light/347202/28 "2006-03-06T18:58:51Z")
I don’t know whether this thread makes me want to laugh, cry, or vomit. But the codpiece thing is hilarious. My MIL loves Kinkade’s shit. It makes me want to tear out my own eyeballs and step on them. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thomas-kinkade-urinator-of-light/347202/29 "2006-03-06T19:01:26Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > So people criticize kinkead because he’s a popular artist, who churns ouit trite stuff? People forget that artists like Maxfield parrish and Norman Rockwell were the same way-in their day, widely derided as "hack’ artists who churned out trite subject matter. Just you wait! My Kinkaid will be worth SCADS od dough…in 2106! > As for the peeing…every artists has his ideosycracies! Parrish and Rockwell though were actually talented, though. Even though people make fun of Rockwell, he was actually decent illustrator and he did some serious subjects (some commenting on race relations, IIRC). ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thomas-kinkade-urinator-of-light/347202/30 "2006-03-06T19:22:54Z")
> [@moonstarssun](#): > > My MIL loves Kinkade’s shit. Jeezus, I thought the public pissing stuff was bad. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thomas-kinkade-urinator-of-light/347202/31 "2006-03-06T19:48:15Z")
> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#): > > Yeah, another vote for Bob Ross. He was odd in a cool way. > > Now let’s put a cloud in the sky. Just a little cloud up there in the sky. Where does your cloud live? And my favorite…My, that’s a happy little tree. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thomas-kinkade-urinator-of-light/347202/32 "2006-03-06T19:48:45Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > Jeezus, I thought the public pissing stuff was bad. You know he doesn’t shit brown like the rest of us. It comes out shining full of rainbows and prisms and iridescent moonbeams. Probably smells like lilacs to boot. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thomas-kinkade-urinator-of-light/347202/33 "2006-03-06T19:59:23Z")
My name is Annie, and one of my secret guilty pleasures is Glade’s Thomas Kinkade Holiday Candles. ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thomas-kinkade-urinator-of-light/347202/34 "2006-03-06T20:34:37Z")
> [@Love Rhombus](#): > > I like it when he says this about the alleged groping: > > “But you’ve got to remember,” he said, “I’m the idol to these women who are there. They sell my work every day, you know. They’re enamored with any attention I would give them. I don’t know what kind of flirting they were trying to do with me. I don’t recall what was going on that night.” My God, I just about retched when I read that! What a pig! ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thomas-kinkade-urinator-of-light/347202/35 "2006-03-06T20:43:47Z")
Wow. I always suspected that Kinkade was an egotistical sumbitch. From the first time I laid eyes on one of his craptastical paintings. I never suspected my jerkdar would be so on target though. Another Bob Ross fan here. I like what **garygnu** said: “Ross = Happy to show you how to paint _so you_ feel better.” But also, I loved his quiet, comforting voice that made me want him to read bedtime stories to me. How could you go to sleep stressed with his reassuring voice in your ear? I always thought that he could have had a second career as a reader for books on tape. _House on Pooh Corner_ gets my first vote. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thomas-kinkade-urinator-of-light/347202/36 "2006-03-06T21:00:30Z")
I liked when he used to show pictures and videos of his pet squirrels. I could never get bored watching him, even when I was a kid. Mostly, I think, he was teaching technique. He was completely unpretentious and really nice. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thomas-kinkade-urinator-of-light/347202/37 "2006-03-06T21:13:06Z")
Rockwell isn’t exactly a staple of art museums, but his stuff looks like Goya’s late works compared to product that Kinkade excretes. But if you really love Kinkade, why do you settle for just owning prints when you can completely [envelope](http://www.salon.com/mwt/style/2002/03/18/kinkade_village/) yourself in the Kinkade dream? ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thomas-kinkade-urinator-of-light/347202/38 "2006-03-06T22:43:08Z")
I have no words. I think I may have suffered irreparable brain damage from viewing some of this “art” (and I use the term loosely, indeed!) in this thread. Gah. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thomas-kinkade-urinator-of-light/347202/39 "2006-03-06T22:52:48Z")
Maybe Kinkaid should emulate Jackson Pollock? Now THERE would be a marriage made in hell! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thomas-kinkade-urinator-of-light/347202/40 "2006-03-07T01:41:03Z")
> [@Captain Lance Murdoch](#): > > Rockwell isn’t exactly a staple of art museums, but his stuff looks like Goya’s late works compared to product that Kinkade excretes. > But if you really love Kinkade, why do you settle for just owning prints when you can completely [envelope](http://www.salon.com/mwt/style/2002/03/18/kinkade_village/) yourself in the Kinkade dream? I heart the title of that article, and I loathe everything Kinkade does-not-quite-paint. Bastard is a great, businessman, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thomas-kinkade-urinator-of-light/347202.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thomas-kinkade-urinator-of-light/347202.md?page=3)