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Thomas Kinkade's Disney Dreams Collection
"My Disney Dreams Collection celebrates great moments from Walt Disney films. I...
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Thomas Kinkade's Disney Dreams Collection
"My Disney Dreams Collection celebrates great moments from Walt Disney films. I call these paintings 'narrative panoramas' because each painting tells the entire story of the film in one image." - Thomas Kinkade
"My prayer is that my Disney Dreams Collection will make dreams come true for all who see these enchanted paintings." - Thomas Kinkade
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Thomas Kinkade's Disney Dreams Collection
"My Disney Dreams Collection celebrates great moments from Walt Disney films. I...
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Thomas Kinkade's Disney Dreams Collection
"My Disney Dreams Collection celebrates great moments from Walt Disney films. I call these paintings 'narrative panoramas' because each painting tells the entire story of the film in one image." - Thomas Kinkade
"My prayer is that my Disney Dreams Collection will make dreams come true for all who see these enchanted paintings." - Thomas Kinkade
As the third piece in my Disney Dreams Collection, Tinker Bell and Peter Pan Fly to Neverland promises to be my most exciting work yet. The Peter Pan story presents the wondrous fantasies of youth - secret island hideaways, visions of mermaids and pirates, and the irresistible urge to fly high above the world. I am powerfully aware of the tug of youthful dreams - one might even say that as an artist I strive to stay constantly connected with the wide-eyed wonder of childhood.
As with the first two paintings in my twelve piece Disney Dreams Collection (affectionately referred to as the "Disney dozen" by diehard collectors.), I try to tell the whole story in a single image - what I refer to as a "narrative panorama". We see Neverland in the distance, just below the "second star to the right", an enchanting land rising above the clouds. As the full moon bathes the scene with its silvery light, the clouds take shape, if only in our imagination, as characters from the adventure - Captain Hook, Smee, the Lost Boys and the ubiquitous ticking crocodile. Below us we see London, its lights twinkling with a radiant glow, as the eternal waters of the Thames flow off to distant horizons.
For me, the central character of the story will always remain Tinker Bell, the enchanted fairy princess who makes the entire journey of imagination possible. As the bells of Big Ben begin to toll in the evening air, won't you grab a handful of Tinker Bell's pixie dust, and join me on the adventure of a lifetime. As Peter Pan put it, "Come on everybody, here we go..." - Thomas Kinkade
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To create a vision of the Las Vegas skyline, all I needed to do was take a plane ride. As I was swooping into Las Vegas durin...
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To create a vision of the Las Vegas skyline, all I needed to do was take a plane ride. As I was swooping into Las Vegas during a recent road trip, I instructed the pilot of the small plane we were aboard to take an extra pass just above the Las Vegas strip. The sun was setting and the light was perfect. The view that lay spread before me became my painting Viva Las Vegas.
I never tire of visiting Las Vegas, the city of endless excitement and dazzling lights. In my visual re-creation, my goal was to emphasize the light and take dramatic liberties with the skyline itself. The pools of color that draw your eye to the different areas of the composition are like focused stage lighting in a vast theater. Of course I had to include the famous "welcome sign" that has greeted so many millions of visitors to Las Vegas over the years. The major hotels of the strip are also clearly in evidence. New York, New York stands proudly in the mid-distance (see if you can spot lady liberty holding her torch high) and at the left the famous Luxor pyramid shoots its beam of light skyward. I also included a wedding chapel (a reference to one of my earlier paintings) and several other hidden details worth spotting. Diligent collectors can play the "name game" and spot the references to famous headliners who have delighted visitors to Vegas over the years. Using a special "micro detail" under-layer, I included references to Frank Sinatra, Celine Dion, Wayne Newton, Don Rickles, Liberace, and countless others. Can you find them?
But the real star of the show is the dramatic desert sky and the brilliant colors of this desert oasis. I utilized a radiant palette filled with the luminous colors that Vegas is famous for. Like memories of a whirlwind Vegas weekend, Viva Las Vegas is alive with excitement. - Thomas Kinkade
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One hundred years have passed since the Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened its track in 1909. I can well remember the annual ...
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One hundred years have passed since the Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened its track in 1909. I can well remember the annual ritual of watching this famous race as a boy, watching this famous race on the Wide World of Sports became an annual ritual. The names from the sport are legendary - A. J. Foyt, Parnelli Jones, Al Unser, Mario Andretti, Rick Mears and countless others. Little did I realize that many years later I would have the chance to meet these legends of racing and to commemorate the cathedral of speed where they became famous.
To create my tribute painting as the official artist for the Centennial Era of this famous speedway, I was allowed to take my sketching materials right onto the grounds of the track. I even got to set up and work at the famous brickyard starting line. As I worked, I envisioned a crowd of cheering spectators from each of the generations that have embraced the track as an American icon. I even envisioned including famous cars from the golden age of racing in my painting. The finished work required countless studio hours, and an immense amount of final detailing. I hope you will join me in saluting the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as it celebrates 100 years of Indy Excitement. - Thomas Kinkade
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"Peacefulness and tranquility are such precious commodities. As I look upon the undisturbed waters surrounding Nanette's...
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"Peacefulness and tranquility are such precious commodities. As I look upon the undisturbed waters surrounding Nanette's Cottage, I am reminded of simpler times in my own life. Some sixteen years ago I had the chance to lead a quieter existence - some might even say that it was during this period that I first learned the serenity that has become the essence of my art. It was during an extended stay in southern England that I first discovered that life moved at a kinder and gentler pace for those who would seek it. Our evening walks as a young family often led us to the cottages that lined the meandering stream at the center of our village. It was on one such walk that I discovered a cottage that in my mind would always be linked to my life partner, Nanette. "I would love to live in a cottage like that someday" Nanette had remarked at the time. Now, as we prepare for our 27th anniversary and the advent of my wife's birthday, I at long last give to Nanette the gift of that cottage as in years past I have given painted cottages to my children."
"Surrounding Nanette's Cottage are the distinguishing elements of the good life: an enduring faith as symbolized by the spire in the distance, physical recreation as symbolized by the row boat with its proud sailor aboard (Nanette's childhood teddy bear); and the glowing lights from within the cottages symbolizing the pleasures of hearth and home. Here is a place for all to rest from life's toils. Perhaps, like me, you long for such places as the seasons of life get busier and more filled with stress. Here then is a resting place for all who long for simpler times." - Thomas Kinkade
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