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But there you go with blanket...
But there you go with blanket generalities .... you just pretty much described my family (deep south). They vote republican for the most part, a few hunt, they all can be found in church any given sunday. But, my mom and dad hate Kinkade's work. And they are also NOT uninformed. They just see things differently than I do. My dad just finished his third degree with honors. That should tell you something. Just because someone is republican, Christian, and traditional doesn't mean they are uninformed and/or unintelligent. Just different. And they are the ones who suggested that I start buying modern furniture!!
I find over simplified generalities of someone based on their geographic location, religion, political views etc to be much more offensive than someone poking fun at your choice in bedding! Luckily, you don't offend me. I'm pretty laid back. I make fun of my own family (out of love, of course). I mean, dad did grow up poor, eating ketchup sandwiches ... except for when he could kill the occasional squirrel. But he has three more degrees than I do and a beautiful 1920s cottage full of wonderful antiques.

I figured I'd offend a few
but I wanted to identify the probably stereotype type of American that finds Kincade 'art' cool to collect.
My family thinks my collection of mid-century furnishings are ugly and stupid....why on earth do I have so many clocks??, etc.
My family are typical of the area, as are the people who find Kincade worth buying and displaying.
I sound like a snob, don't I? Maybe so, but alot of what I like seem to be liked by many of you'all.
to rephrase: I suspect that people who love Thomas Kincade aqre conservative, religious and general unsophisticated.

Marie Osmond Dolls, Satan's Spawn on Earth?
Birthed from Jackals

Riki's right about the art-buying public--
In my experience, the average joe can't tell an original oil from a print, even if you explain to them that it's a only a print, they don't quite grasp the distinction. (If the piece has a frame around it and it LOOKS like a painting, it must BE a painting!)
Add to that Kinkade's underhanded-overpainting, and you've got a VERY confused buyer on your hands.

It shouldn't be necessary
to remind an art dealer that the word "print" is used to denote an original work in one of the print media (silk screen, woodblock, lithograph, etching, engraving, etc). In fact most people say "print" when they mean "reproduction" -- which is what a giclee is.

You're right, SDR
I suppose it's demeaning to print makers to call cheap art reproductions "prints". But, somehow "reproduction" sounds as if you're trying to disguise the fact that it's only a cheap print. Perhaps 'printed reproduction' is the best phrase to use.

They should just call it
A photocopy.

I suppose
times change. One is always slightly offended to find that the rules of a game have been changed. I got my induction into the matter from my mother, fifty years ago; she was a printmaker. A handmade multiple produced by an artist, or in a studio under the artist's direction, was a print, and a machine-made photographic copy made in the thousands was a reproduction. A photocopy is what you make (or have made) at a copy shop.
I have two artist friends who are working with their galleries to have giclee reproductions made; in one case hand-made collage elements are applied to a gicleed underprint. My own "prints" are copy-shop photocopies on colored or card stocks, which I color in layers using handcut stencils made from the same original, and spray paints. So, time marches on. . .?
Perhaps there are better (or less confusing) terms in another language -- French, Russian, German ?

Ty Pennington DIY Clock Project
This is a Real Ty Pennington Clock

Clocks that Howard Miller CLAIMS that Ty Pennington " Designed"
A " Forest" of Clocks! Bwa Ha ha ha ha

The Next George Nelson?
The Next Famous Clock Designer birthed from the loins of the venerable Howard Miller Clock Company!
Fun Quiz! Can you spot the "Tool" in the Picture?

Only Twelve Hundred Dollars From Yellowstone furniture
A waste of perfectly good kindling! It REALLY works in THAT HOUSE! If a Kinkade Painting EVER belonged anywhere, it's in that room! Umm sans the fugly Home Entertainment center!

Cindy Crawford, Aging Supermodel, had a Hidden Passion for Furniture Design! Who Knew!
Everything looks like it was plunked out of a Loud Commercial Shilling Discount Furniture Store in the 1990's. Cindy Crawford's Unmistakeable Style"? What style? Banal? Ordinaire? Forgettable? Well, she was married to Billy Joel.

Confusion
Erm, Mike, I think you're confusing CC with Christie Brinkley, the ex-Mrs Joel.

Terrible, absolutely terrible - by Karim Rashid
I'm at work now so I can only provide this quick link of Karim Rashid's new Pyramid chair - this must be the final proof of why Karim Rashid should should be hunted down and stripped of all his "creativity". The man's an idiot.
http://www.nienkamper.com/product.asp?cat=7&product=187