Los Gatos painter Thomas Kinkade grew famous for his comforting, bucolic and often spiritual paintings — a snowy rural church on Christmas Eve bursting with light from within, a sailing ship at sea emerging from a cloud-flecked sunrise. Music, Amazing Grace, Kevin MacLeod.

Theologian Paul Begley of Indiana is sadden by the death of Thomas Kinkade , but wonders did Kinkade receive secret revelation from God on “colors and light”? Also Reggie White, and Rich Mullins www.paulbegleyprophecy.com the link http

Chicago’s Water Tower looms like a nostalgic monument from an ancient age. Indeed, the limestone and concrete tower, built in 1869 to resemble a Gothic castle from a much more distant time, is one of the very few standing survivors of the great Chicago fire. In my painting, quaint hansom cabs convey tourists to and fro, and crowds of shoppers and celebrants fill the streets. It’s winter in the city; for the visitor, winter is a romantic season in Chicago, softening the city’s hard lines with its shimmering light.

My “seasons change” collection of 24 Thomas Kinkade paintings with paradisiac music! (starting with spring, turning to winter)