MASTER HIGHLIGHTER EVENTS (Free to our customers)

Each limited edition canvas is hand highlighted by a specially trained professional artist or by Thomas Kinkade himself (depending on the edition of the painting) prior to the painting being shipped to the gallery. To add to the experience of buying the artwork, our galleries host several Master Highlighting events throughout the year in which a Master Highlighter visits our galleries and enhances our customers’ paintings by adding additional oil brushstrokes and texturing while our customers watch! Only 2% of Thomas Kinkade's limited edition canvases have this extra highighting done to them. All limited edition artwork purchased on this website will receive this extra highlighting at no charge if requested by the customer.

YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE PRESENT TO HAVE YOUR CANVAS HIGHLIGHTED! Having your canvas highlighted adds an additional $250 value to your canvas and is FREE to collectors who purchase from us. If you are not in the state of Colorado, simply ship your canvas to our gallery prior to a scheduled highlighting event and leave the rest up to us. We'll even pay the shipping cost to ship it back to you. We dare you to find another gallery which will provide such service. Our galleries sponsor at least 9 highlighting events per year so if you miss one event, you can always attend another. Master Highlighting is available for limited edition Thomas Kinkade artwork only and it must have been purchased through this website or at one of our Colorado gallery locations, otherwise the cost is $250. Next scheduled Master Highlighting Events are:

August 21st and 22nd.

PAT KINKADE EVENTS (Free to our Customers)

Pat Kinkade (Thom’s brother) grew up with Thom and both have an extremely close relationship. Pat will sometimes travel to Thomas Kinkade galleries, meet with collectors, and share stories of growing up with Thom. Like Thom, Pat is also a painter and he is considered the next best thing to Thomas Kinkade himself.

Therefore, since Pat Kinkade is in such high demand, he will hand highlight our customer’s limited edition canvas pieces which are Renaissance (R/E) editions only, much like the Master Highlighter events (adding $300 value to the piece). However, Pat Kinkade will also draw an original pencil sketch on the reverse side of all limited edition canvas pieces purchased from either our Cherry Creek or Colorado Seasons Galleries (also adding $300 value to the piece). Our two Colorado Galleries feature a free Pat Kinkade event twice per year and canvases purchased on our website qualify as well.

In addition, Pat Kinkade will bring with him several Thomas Kinkade ORIGINAL paintings and hand drawn sketches which are sold at the event at a tremendous discount of around 75% off the market price. Our Galleries also sell original artwork from Pat's nineteen year old son, Zac Kinkade. Zac is Thomas Kinkade's only relative who truly has the gift of the next Kinkade great artist and he has dedicated his life in following in the footsteps of his famous uncle. Of course, having Pat Kinkade as your father and Thomas Kinkade as your mentor has allowed Zac to grow in his skills as an artist. His original artwork is stupendous and is sold at our galleries for very affordable prices (typically under $500). There is great speculation that Zac Kinkade is becoming the next great heir to Thomas Kinkade and anticipating this, many Kinkade collectors are purchasing his original artwork from our galleries before he becomes published. Next Scheduled Pat Kinkade Heritage Tour is set for:

September 25th, 2010 (9 am – 6 pm) at Colorado Seasons location
Sunday, September 26th, 2010 (9 am – 6 pm) at Cherry Creek location

THOMAS KINKADE TOUR

Although this was frequent in the 1990's, since Thom purchased the Company in 2002, he has decided to be with his family and paint at home rather than tour. Therefore, tour dates are very rare. Currently Thomas Kinkade will only visit some of his preferred galleries and usually just over a couple weekends per year. Our galleries in Colorado are fortunate enough to be included as one of Thom’s preferred galleries to visit.

We have just received word that Thomas Kinkade will be visiting Denver on November 20th, 2010. Since we anticipate approximately 2000 people in attendance, this event is scheduled to be held at Invesco Field (Home of the Denver Broncos). Those in attendance will have an opportunity to hear Thom speak for about 30 minutes in which he shares his personal thoughts and inspirations behind his paintings and will do a questions and answers period as well. In addition we will be holding a live auction for charity (not yet determined) of a painting which Thom will personally draw an elaborate and detailed sketch on the back. SPECIAL OFFER: Anyone who purchases a limited edition canvas from our website or galleries from now until the date of the event will receive two complimentary tickets and will be allowed to bring the canvas to the event where they can meet Thom and he will autograph the back of the painting while you watch. Do you live outside the state of Colorado? If so, ask us about our program in which we'll pay for your airfare for you.

Date of event: November 20th, 2010, 11 am to 5 pm