"BILLION DOLLAR PAINTER: The Triumph and Tragedy of Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light," by G. Eric Kuskey and Bettina Gilois, Weinstein Books, $26, 253 pages (nf) Thomas Kinkade grew up in mid-eastern ...

(CBS/AP) One of the most successful artists of all time, prolific painter Thomas Kinkade - the self-described "Painter of Light" - died Friday at the age of 54. A spokesperson for the Kinkade family ...

When the "Painter of Light," Thomas Kinkade, died last Friday, the aesthetic merits of his work -- or lack thereof -- were once again up for debate. As the LA Times wrote... The death of popular ...

SAN FRANCISCO - To fans and the countless collectors who helped build painter Thomas Kinkade's commercial art empire, his idealized vision of the world usually served as a simple, soothing addition to ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Artist Thomas Kinkade once said that he had something in common with Walt Disney and Norman Rockwell: He wanted to make people happy. And he won success with brushwork paintings that ...

Thomas Kinkade once presided over an empire of radiantly unrealistic imagery, but his popular oeuvre reflected only a fraction of the man's identity, as Miranda Yousef's documentary reveals. In the ...

LOS GATOS (CBS / AP) -- Artist Thomas Kinkade, whose brushwork paintings of idyllic landscapes, cottages and churches have been big sellers for dealers across the United States, died Friday, a family ...

Thomas Kinkade, the “Painter of Light” and one of the most popular artists in America, died suddenly Friday at his Monte Sereno home. He was 54. His family said in a statement that his death appeared ...

FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2006 file photo, artist Thomas Kinkade unveils his painting, "Prayer For Peace," at the opening of the exhibit "From Abraham to Jesus," in Atlanta. A family spokesman says ...

Artist Thomas Kinkade, whose brushwork paintings of idyllic landscapes, cottages and churches have been big sellers for dealers across the United States, died Friday, a family spokesman said. Kinkade, ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Artist Thomas Kinkade once said that he had something in common with Walt Disney and Norman Rockwell: He wanted to make people happy. And he won success with brushwork paintings that ...