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...good to see you're still on staff...
As long as no one is being harmed, yes. I fail to see how people are being harmed here. I know of no pressure to buy his (or any other) paintings for the sake of getting closer to God. If people like the paintings, they can buy them at whatever price seems fair to them and the seller. Successful business models do not necessitate cheating people or deceiving them.If 10% of US homes really contain this stuff, then Kinkade knows his market, and has targetted it effectively. I am intrigued by comments that his pictures remain expensive, though. Someone, somewhere is getting very, very rich at the expense of ordinary people. Is that really compatible with evangelical Christianity?
I don't like Kinkade. His paintings are to art what candyfloss is to food.
No problem if you want candyfloss on your walls, but I am not interested. As 'realism' they lack reality (not to mention perspective), and as paintings of light they contain huge amounts of darkness. I would say that Turner is a far finer painter of light than Kinkade will ever be, whatever his trademark.
If 10% of US homes really contain this stuff, then Kinkade knows his market, and has targetted it effectively. I am intrigued by comments that his pictures remain expensive, though. Someone, somewhere is getting very, very rich at the expense of ordinary people. Is that really compatible with evangelical Christianity?
Especially artists...and seeing that you also paint...obviously you have an understanding of the time and money that goes into painting...
They make me think of 'happy little trees' (Bob Ross). The compositions, weak perspective, and color schemes are mostly the same in a vast majority of his paintings. It seems kind of redundant because there are soooo many similar ones. It seems to me values and contrast could often be better. 
I don't really care for them myself. IMHO he's a better marketer than painter.
In a great deal of the paintings my eye doesn't fix on one focal point, but roves around. You can see the composition was designed to lead the eye but the use of color gets distracting. Maybe that' s intentional. (?) I find myself looking at the dead center middle in many of his paintings and generally it's recommended to not do that with your comp. In a few he has reds right on the edge of the canvas/print which actually leads your eye out of the picture. I actually had a art instructor say, 'next time you're thinking of dabbing that red paint on the edge of your canvas all by it's lonesome, put down your brush and smack yourself upside your head.'
To me the paintings look more like storybook illustrations or holiday card art than something to hang on a wall. They're pretty but as far as 'Art' goes just ...meh. Everyone has different tastes and a painting, picture will speak to us all differently. Enough people like him so he must be doing something right.
I loved to watch Bob Ross...and for many people...it's not about great art...but simply..."The Joy of Painting"....
