I've loathed him as well ever since seeing the same 60 minutes piece years ago; perhaps we should have a debate as to who dislikes him more.
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Rob Instigator
it is not his images that I hate.
It
is "his" images that do not like. Naturalism + no narrative content of importance = dreck.
It's readily apparent that he makes regionalized pictures with chee$y intent.
The formal qualities of the artwork can sometimes override this general modern aesthetics rule-of-thumb. Just look at Sargent or Wyeth, for instance. Of course the American Romantic Masters like Cole, Cassat and Eakins...(just to name a few) their pictures were painted back when they meant something, and any one of them are far more deserving of an "Ambassador of Light" title.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~cap/NATURE/cap2.html
Don't forget...before Warhol there was the whole Dutch Masters school & Michelangelo that employed assistants.
Of course, Kinkade is a whole other case...please, at least bring the noize to his ear, Rob, with all the zeal you originally expressed...
and remember...
Peace lies in finding the True War.