Linkade, on the other hand, sees “nothing beautiful in the world the way it is,” argued Fisher. “He loves the world in the same way that a pageant mom thinks her child is just adorable — or will be, after she loses 10 pounds, dyes and curls her hair, gets implants, and makes herself almost unrecognizable with a thick layer of make-up. …
“Kinkade-style light … doesn’t reveal, it distorts. His paintings aren’t merely trivial, they’re a statement of contempt for the world. His vision of the world isn’t just tacky, it’s anti-Incarnational.”
