Andy Warhol And Thomas Kinkade Paintings

By Darren Hartley


A series of digital works made on an Amiga 1000 are included among Andy Warhol paintings. A personal computer made in the mid-1980s, Amiga 1000 was a product of the Commodore International Company. The few public pieces that Andy created were then part of a marketing campaign. Whether he made any additional digital artworks outside of the campaign remained a mystery.

Now it can be told that he actually did. Stashed away on dozens of unlabeled floppy disks are a treasure trove of Andy Warhol paintings never before seen by the public. These slowly deteriorating artworks consisted of 28 works of art in the form of digital pieces. Andy created them on a host of 1980s graphics software.

Thanks to Cory Arcangel, an NYC artist who is a self proclaimed Warhol enthusiast. After watching a clip of Andy Warhol paintings, including a digital portrait of Debbie Harry during an Amiga demonstration, his curiosity was aroused. This curiosity led to discovery of the missing Warhol artworks.

Putting his entire life savings into the printing of his first lithograph was not a problem for Thomas Kinkade even if it was at the very beginning of his artistic career. The inspiration for the Thomas Kinkade paintings did not come from a desire for fame and fortune. The inspiration came from the simple act of painting that comes out straight from the heart. Thomas needed to put on canvas the wonders and images of nature that caught his fancy the most.

Thomas Kinkade paintings share the joy the painter felt throughout his life. He used his paintings to support hospitals, schools and humanitarian relief. Thomas considered his art not just an accessory, but a ministry to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity.

Thomas Kinkade paintings focus on the depiction of simple pleasures and delivery of inspirational messages. Thomas believes that his ability to paint and inspiration for creation comes from a higher power and never from himself.




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