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Thomas Kinkade, the self-announced "Painter of sunshine,Inch whose artwork dangles within an believed 1 of each and every 20 houses within the U.S. died Friday at his home in Los Gatos, Calif.
He was 54.
Family spokesperson Dork Satterfield told Caramba Today Radio it seems the painter died of natural causes.
"His wife Nanette stated that Thom had provided an excellent existence for his family and also the family was shocked and saddened by his dying," Satterfield stated.
Kinkade's artwork centered on tranquil landscapes and moments frequently showing scriptural passages.
Inside a biography on his website, he described how he saw themself being an artist: "I share something that is similar to Norman Rockwell and, for your matter, with Wally Disney, for the reason that I like to create people happy."
He told the San Jose Mercury News in 2002 he was "I am a warrior for light."
"With whatever talent and assets I've, I am attempting to bring light to enter the darkness lots of people feel," he told the newspaper.
Laguna Beach gallery owner Marty Brown understood Kinkade personally and began selling his art within the eighties.
"His legacy is the fact that he satisfied the American Dream, he managed originate from absolutely nothing. He essentially grew to become only a greatly popular figure when it comes to art as well as he'd lots of you realize fans - just people who were very enchanted with him like a person," Brown stated.
Kinkade's works of art and items were stated to create an believed $100 million annually in sales.
But Kinkade received critique for his work by a few within the art world who known as his works of art, "mall art."
"You are not going to make everyone happy…when somebody will get as effective because he did, you will find destined to be those who are likely to find something negative about this, but the thing is that individuals loved his art, and lots of people got lots of great emotional spiritual impact from this,Inch Brown stated.
Caramba Today Radio and also the Connected Press led for this report.
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