{"id":799,"date":"2010-06-20T22:55:09","date_gmt":"2010-06-20T22:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/roddreher\/2010\/06\/thomas-kinkade-defaces-billy-grahams-wall.html"},"modified":"2010-06-20T22:55:09","modified_gmt":"2010-06-20T22:55:09","slug":"thomas-kinkade-defaces-billy-grahams-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/roddreher\/2010\/06\/thomas-kinkade-defaces-billy-grahams-wall.html","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Kinkade defaces Billy Graham wall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And the Grahams &#8212; no Renaissance popes when it comes to taste in sacred art &#8212; are mighty proud of it, showcasing the Kinkade mural &#8220;The Cross&#8221; as a highlight of your visit to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billygraham.org\/specialsections\/library\/BGLibrary_Index.asp\">Billy Graham Library<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomsblog.com\/2010\/04\/ive-been-secretly-working-on-project.html\">Take a look at the thing.<\/a> Kinkade writes, &#8220;As I worked it was as if heavenly light began to pour upon the canvas.&#8221;<br \/>\nWell, <i>something<\/i> sure poured upon the canvas. Did you see that <a href=\"http:\/\/entertainment.blogs.foxnews.com\/2010\/06\/15\/landscape-painter-thomas-kinkade-busted-for-drunk-driving\/\">Kinkade got popped for drunk driving last week? <\/a> Turns out that the Painter of Light has allegedly been piling up <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/life\/feature\/2010\/06\/19\/this_week_thomas_kinkade\">a number of alcohol-related embarrassing incidents,<\/a> including supposedly going wee-wee on Winnie the Pooh.<br \/>\nSomehow, I imagine Kinkade painting &#8220;The Cross&#8221; while lit up like a Christmas tree on <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pink_Squirrel\">pink squirrels <\/a>with absinthe floaters.<br \/>\n<b>UPDATE:<\/b> Joe Carter updates his great post from last summer, in which he pointed out, using illustrations, that Kinkade used to be a painter of considerable talent, before he sold out and started minting money by painting crap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And the Grahams &#8212; no Renaissance popes when it comes to taste in sacred art &#8212; are mighty proud of it, showcasing the Kinkade mural &#8220;The Cross&#8221; as a highlight of your visit to the Billy Graham Library. 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