(Gene Blythe/AP) Thomas Kinkade, whose paintings and prints of cozy scenes of domestic ... He wrote devotional books and in 1998 illustrated a Christmas book written by evangelist Billy Graham.

Thomas Kinkade stores popped up in dozens of malls across the U.S. to sell prints, canvas reproductions ... and unexpectedly poignant 2008 film, The Christmas Cottage, starring Peter O’Toole ...

Before he earned the nickname “Painter of Light” for his Christian-inspired artwork, Thomas Kinkade was the painter of… toilet paper. And now prints of an early, previously unseen work by ...

Thomas Kinkade, the “Painter of Light” and one ... for art critics to dismiss his pieces as tacky. In any event, his prints of idyllic cottages and bucolic garden gates helped establish ...

So when I was assigned Thomas Kinkade’s Christmas Cottage, a straight-to-DVD film releasing today, some of my friends and co-workers reacted as if I was reviewing the bottom of the film barrel.

Thomas Kinkade is famous for his beautiful paintings, full of light and love. He’s called the “People’s Artist" because he captures tidbits of everyday life with his work. He also manages to ...