Thomas Kinkade's The Great North
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August 2006 Release
"I commonly frequent more southern climes, where God’s paintbrush
includes the brilliant primaries of the flowers and the radiant mauves and
purples of sunset. There are, however, other locales where every trace of
the serene is erased, and men cling desperately to inhospitable shores.
Great North visits such a mountain vastness, where wild, brooding peaks loom
above the shores of an untamed spreading river. It is sunset, but, somehow,
sunset has magnified its grandeur in these northern skies, as gray wisps of
clouds soar like eagles over the curtain of pale gold.
Men embrace a tenuous existence along the shores of the mountain waters.
Their homes are mostly rough hewed shacks, cut from the abundant forests and
erected to provide secure shelter against the cold night wind and the
driving sleet. Amidst the structures of the camp we see a single native
wigwam — a reminder that this epic landscape has long been host to both
diverse wildlife and diverse human cultures.
In Great North, we are reminded that all human achievement pales when
compared to the magnificence of God’s creation."
- Thomas Kinkade
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Available as:
25.5x34
Interesting Facts:
1. GREAT NORTH is part
of the Archive Collection II, an exquisite compilation of some of
Thomas Kinkade's early works of art, depicting his passion for a simpler,
more spiritual, more beautiful life.2. In these
earlier artworks, Thomas Kinkade was already probing the effects of light on
landscape, pigment, color, and luminosity; to learn what it means to be the
Painter of Light.™
3. GREATNORTH is available in canvas at an exclusive
edition of 995, and in only one size.
4. The subject matter of GREATNORTH harkens back to
earlier days of exploration; the building of territories. Days where one's
existence depended upon the land, the grace of God, and the pursuit of a
dream.
5. GREAT NORTH is a lovely complement to last year's
Archive Collection II release of THE EDGE OF THE WILDERNESS.
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