Thomas Kinkade (born January 19, 1958 in Sacramento, California) is an American painter of realistic, bucolic, and idyllic subjects | 
He is most notable for the mass marketing of his work as printed reproductions and other licensed products via The Thomas Kinkade Company. | 
A key feature of Thomas Kinkade`s paintings are their glowing highlights and saturated pastel colors. Rendered in an impressionist style cross-pollinated with American Scene Painting values, his works often portray bucolic, idyllic settings such as gardens, streams, stone cottages, and Main Streets |
