Title: A New Day Dawning

First in my Romance of the Sea collection, celebrates the many exciting new days that keep each of our lives vibrant and exciting — whether we are young or old, married or single. The distant ship voyaging out to sea brings to mind the wondrous adventure that each new day brings, and the dawn light that breaks over the surging sea recalls Paul’s thrilling affirmation in Romans 13:12: “The night is far gone, the day is at hand.” — Thomas Kinkade

Romance of the Sea, I – 1997

Title: Everett’s Cottage

In a dream I walked a fragrant path, and emerged through a gate to see a garden that loved me. My blooms surrounded me, and I tended them with care because I loved them. Perhaps a family is like that garden; each child a delicate rose that with the nurturing of a gardener can flourish and bring beauty to the world. Our newest little “bloom” is our daughter Everett. On her first birthday, I present this garden, and this cottage, in her honor! – Thomas Kinkade

1998

Title: The End Of A Perfect Day

New paintings like The End of a Perfect Day express my growing appreciation for the real beauty of nature untamed. This rustic stone cabin is nestled in a glorious settingýa secluded jewel of a lake framed by distant mountains. But my wild places show the charming and comfortable signs of a very human presence. A fireplace warms the living room, illuminating the overstuffed chair and mounted trophy animals glimpsed through open windows. That is my ideal way to end a perfect day. -Thomas Kinkade

End of a Perfect Day I – 1993

Title: Deer Creek Cottage

In Deer Creek Cottage the world seems reborn in beauty, all the barrenness of the winter wood hidden by white. The delicate fawn, peering at the lights in the cottage windows, seem to join in the reverent mood. Perhaps even the animals of the forest can celebrate Christmas! — Thomas Kinkade

Christmas Cottage VI, 1995

Title: Lamplight Village

Can you find it?

As most collectors are aware, Thomas Kinkade often hides whimsical details in his paintings. In his latest masterwork, Lamplight Village , Kinkade has really ‘gone to town’ with these charming accents throughout the scene. As Kinkade puts it, In this painting I wanted to create a scene with a great sense of discovery to it – as though you could stroll over that stone bridge and wander around the village finding things of interest everywhere you looked.

As you wander around this charming setting, keep your eyes open for the following small of hidden details:

An artist with an easel, twelve ducks, three cats, a mouse (a la David Winter), a workman on a roof, seven hidden ‘N’s’, Kinkade’s daughter Chandler (with a ‘C’ on her clothing), Kinkade’s daughter Merritt (with an ‘M’ on her clothing), four dogs, nine lamp posts, two hearts with initials, two hearts with no initials, ten smoking chimneys, a person in a boat, four birds in trees, one perfect rose, a painter’s palette, a man with a pipe (perhaps Norman Rockwell), and an owl. — Thomas Kinkade

Lamplight Village IV, 1995

Title: Lamplight Brooke

When I painted Lamplight Lane, I found myself wondering about the sylvan stream that runs alongside the village lane. I christened it the Brooke Windermer and even imagined floating down it in a skiff. Lamplight Brooke is my picture of what lies downstream from my original Lamplight Lane painting. The quaint village is based on Bourton-on-the-Water, a real English town that I very much enjoy. — Thomas Kinkade

Lamplight Lane II, 1993

Title: Lamplight Bridge

As we float down the Brooke Windermer, a quaint stone footbridge glimmers in distant lamplight, and we appreciate anew the special quality of this romantic light.

The electric light of our century is cold and hard; it produces clean, crisp shadows, In contrast, Victorian lamplight was warm and soft; in its flickering flame blurred shadows danced like leaves in the wind.

Lamplight Bridge, the fifth stop along our imaginary brooke that flows through the English Cotswolds, is enlivened by the vibrant glitter of gas lamps. The ancient stone span, crowned by lampposts, invites evening walkers. The bridge links neighbors who dwell on either side of the stream; it enhances the cozy hospitality of English country living.

You’ll notice, as well, a rustic gate with overgrown trellis that leads form the near cottage down to the banks of our gentle stream. Such a romantic path is an irresistible invitation to all those who are young at heart. Perhaps you and I and all who delight in the charms of Lamplight Bridge can join the village children in sailing our wooden boats on the brooke.” — Thomas Kinkade

Lamplight Lane V – 1996

Title: Lamplight Lane

Lamplight Lane: Quaint English cottages running along a footpath, a lively stream spanned by an ornate Victorian bridge, sunlight breaking through clouds. It seems too perfect to be real; and yet, I painted Lamplight Lane almost completely on location, at a charming little village in the English Cotswold Region that looked very much like this. My artistic imagination supplied only the finishing details. — Thomas Kinkade

Lamplight Lane I, 1993