Thomas Kinkade Countersigned "Robert Girrard Limited Edition Canvas: River Seine"Item #: T-422Title: River Seine Edition: Limited Edition S/N Canvas to 695 Image size: Canvas Only: 12” x 16” (As Shown Price), and 18” x 24” About the Art: RIVER SEINE has been released in an edition size of 695, in each size. The Seine river is a major river running through Paris across north-western France. It is a favorite venue from which to see the City of Light; tourists love to view the sights of Paris from the glass-covered decks of les Bateaux-Mouches that traverse this beloved waterway. During the 19th and 20th centuries, many other artists were inspired to paint RIVER SEINE including Joseph Mallord William Turner, Camille Corot and Claude Monet. Paris evokes an emotional response for all who have visited there, and for Thom,the Painter of Light,™ the City of Light presents innumerable opportunities to explore the effect and nuance of light in all its glorious forms. Unique and romantic framing has been developed exclusively for the Robert Girrard Collection, designed especially to complement these impressionistic images. Thomas Kinkade painted under the brush name of Robert Girrard during the period of 1984-1989. These highly valued and collectible images have only recently been made available to the public and only in very limited quantities. From Thom: Impressionism has always seemed to me a most romantic painting style — so emotionally charged, so free. When I first put on my beret and assumed my Robert Girrard persona, the circumstances certainly were romantic. My young family’s first visit to Paris was accomplished on a shoestring — we lived on the streets for five days in a borrowed RV until the gendarme asked us to move on. During those five days, I set up my canvas in the open air and painted feverishly. The bold strokes and evocative colors of those early plein air paintings were my earliest experiments with the Impressionist style. I painted River Seine with my easel on a bridge, much like the one in the canvas, overlooking Paris’ great river. The Seine is a busy body of water; tug boats and barges and pleasure boats move commerce and people along its banks. The warm light of dusk seemed to draw me into the heart of the City of Light. I used broken colors and broad strokes to evoke the emotional response to my beloved Paris that still touches me so many years later. About the Girrard Editions: The Robert Girrard era, beginning in 1984 and extending over approximately six years, represents more than 60 paintings and served as a major foundational and transitional period. It is the period in which Kinkade was free to experiment with new and unique color combinations which resulted in a distinct broadening of his palette, the use of more exuberant brush strokes and impasto, and the refinement of the broken color techniques of the French impressionists.By using the Girrard brush name, Thomas Kinkade achieved absolute artistic freedom. As well, he did not need to be concerned with the effect a Girrard canvas might have on Kinkade collectors. "At that time, influenced by common wisdom among artists, I felt I couldn't take a creative shift using my own name. It would confuse, and possibly alienate, collectors of my studio work," Kinkade says. This freedom led to a joyful experimentation that resulted in numerous breakthroughs and advances in Kinkade's artistic techniques and talents. Accomplished in the creation of mood and atmosphere in landscape, the broadened palette Kinkade acquired during the Girrard years allowed new dimensions to be employed in how he handled subtle beauties and qualities in a broad variety of contexts.
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