A cozy thatched cottage tucked beside a tree-lined lane, smoke curling from brick chimneys.
Lampposts casting a glow over the scene.
Museums spurned the homespun canvases, but ordinary Americans couldnt get enough.
(L-R) Miranda Yousef, ‘Art for Everybody’ and Thomas KinkadeGetty/Courtesy
We Want The Funk!
His complicated and fascinating story is told in the acclaimed new documentaryArt for Everybody, directed byMiranda Yousef.
Yousef explains how Kinkade built an art empire, selling his work and branded merchandise through mall stores.
No cozy cottages here.
This is not one of those authorized biography kind of productions.
(Art for Everybodyis screening April 29 at Vidiots in the Los Angeles area).
Painter of light or dreck?
The pod is a production of Deadline and Ridleys No Studios.
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