Many pictures include specific chapter-and-verse allusions to Bible passages. A self-described "devout Christian" (even giving all four of his children the middle name "Christian" ), Kinkade believed he gained his inspiration from his religious beliefs and that his work was intended to include a moral dimension.
Kinkade said he was emphasizing the value of simple pleasures and that his intent was to communicate inspirational messages through his paintings. He also depicted various Christian themes including the Christian cross and churches. His hometown of Placerville (where his works are much displayed) was the inspiration for many of his street and snow scenes.
Rendered with idealistic values of American scene painting, his works often portray bucolic and idyllic settings such as gardens, streams, stone cottages, lighthouses and Main Streets. Recurring features of Kinkade's paintings are their glowing colors and pastel colors. While working on the movie, Kinkade began to explore the depiction of light and of imagined worlds.Īfter the movie, Kinkade worked as a painter, selling his originals in galleries throughout California. The success of the book resulted in both working for Ralph Bakshi Studios where they created background art for the 1983 animated feature movie Fire and Ice. Two years later they produced a book, The Artist's Guide to Sketching, which was one of Guptill Publications' best-sellers that year.
The two of them finished their journey in New York and secured a contract with Guptill Publications to produce a sketching handbook. After two years of general education at Berkeley, Kinkade transferred to the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.ĭuring June 1980, Kinkade spent a summer traveling across the United States with his college friend James Gurney. Kinkade's relationship with Wesman is the subject of a semi-autobiographical movie released during 2008, Christmas Cottage. Wesman encouraged Kinkade to go to the University of California at Berkeley. Some of the people who mentored and taught Kinkade prior to college were Charles Bell and Glen Wesman. He grew up in the town of Placerville, graduated from El Dorado High School in 1976, and attended the University of California, Berkeley, and Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. William Thomas Kinkade was born on January 19, 1958, in Sacramento County, California.
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