Our Newest Purchase

After years of searching we finally did it-- We bought our Thomas Kinkade painting for our living room--
--and a small bonus is it signed on the back as well---
It is titled 'Pathway to Paradise' and is the second in a series-- I have loved the first in the series for awhile 'Stairway to Paradise' but Jeremy wasn't crazy about it so as soon as we saw this one we both loved it---




I couldn't stop the glare on the next picture but you get the idea of what it looks like in our living room


From the artist:
Pathway to Paradise

When humankind was young, we lived in a garden paradise.

I believe that to be literally true; it is also experientially true for the fortunate among us. When we were children, we lived in a protected sanctuary, under the loving care of our par-ents. The world was new to our experience, and filled with wonder and mystery. The light had a special radiance… the flowers were treasures of color and scent… a butterfly was a small miracle. And then we grew up.

But I think that a happy few—and I include artists, particularly, in that number—retain a memory of that childhood idyll. We are still able to catch glimpses of heaven in the world around us.

Pathway to Paradise, which follows my Stairway to Paradise, continues on a spiritual and artistic journey toward a vision of the sublime. As we stride up the crumbling stone steps we find ourselves wandering a pathway that winds through simple wonders of nature— lavish, rainbow-hued blossoms—that affirm the promise of God’s love. I like to think of myself as a fellow discoverer on the Pathway to Paradise—one of the fortunate few who have been granted a vision of peaceful perfection. I invite you to travel this glorious road with me.

~Thomas Kinkade