Thomas Kinkade Checks

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