This painting was created a few years before Thomas Kinkade’s passing by artist Ron Lemen. And yes, as one would presume, it’s an intentional knock on Kinkade’s work.
Lemen’s statement about the painting:
“My idea was changing the landscape of art, wiping away the old habits and bringing in something new. Actually, I took an old and wiped it away, the landscape filled with happy little cottages and such…and such ick…our world is oversaturated with this stuff, can we change that please?”
Previously on Dangerous Minds:
Godzilla Candelabra