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But God help me, what is that contempt of Kinkade and others of his ilk? What petty and small-minded perspectives we're bringing to our vocation. Is everyone so afraid of pretenders, that we've left our studios to sound the alarms against merchandisers? Let's get a grip.
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Steven,
My concern is the fact that many unknowledgable people are paying lots of money for prints with a bit of oil paint on them. They are being sold a line of bull that says that these are "fine art" and that they are "valuable" and that their value will "appreciate" over time.
I believe that harms us all.
Reality is that the value of mass market prints do not go up appreciably over time due to the very high print runs done - more likely they will depreciate when Kinkade goes out of fashion and the mall stores close in a few years. These people will eventually find out that their "investment" is really worth nothing. They will blame who? Themselves? I think not.
These prints are like Beanie Babies but on a much larger scale and thereby much more damaging to the public and the fine arts profession.
Further, the one Kinkade print I have examined up close was tacked down to a board - an improper method of mounting a "valuable" print which renders it valueless. I suspect that all Kinkade prints are mounted this way - if so, then despite the market, they are junk.