Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Paintings Of Andy Warhol And Thomas Kinkade

By Darren Hartley


Andy Warhol paintings include a series of digital artworks made on an Amiga 1000 in the mid-1980s. Amiga 1000 is a personal computer created by the Commodore International. Andy created a few public pieces as part of a marketing campaign. It is not known if he made additional digital artworks on his own time.

Now it can be told that he actually did. Stashed away on dozens of unlabeled floppy disks are a treasure trove of digital Andy Warhol paintings never before seen by the public. These slowly deteriorating artworks consisted of 28 works of art in the form of digital pieces. Andy created them on a host of 1980s graphics software.

If there is one person to thank for this discovery, it would be an NYC artist named Cory Arcangel. A self proclaimed Warhol enthusiast, his curiosity was aroused after watching a clip of Andy Warhol paintings during an Amiga demonstration. Among the paintings was a digital portrait of Debbie Harry. In this case, curiosity did not kill the cat.

Thomas Kinkade put his entire life savings into the printing of his first lithograph at the very beginning of his artistic career. Thomas Kinkade paintings are inspired by the simple act of painting straight from the heart and not by fame or fortune. He felt a need to put on canvas the natural wonders and images that moved him most.

Thomas Kinkade paintings share the joy the painter felt throughout his life. He used his paintings to support hospitals, schools and humanitarian relief. Thomas considered his art not just an accessory, but a ministry to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity.

Thomas Kinkade paintings focus on the depiction of simple pleasures and delivery of inspirational messages. Thomas believes that his ability to paint and inspiration for creation comes from a higher power and never from himself.




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