SAN JOSE — Despite a security guard posted around-the-clock inside the gates of the late Thomas Kinkade’s Monte Sereno home, his live-in girlfriend who claims half the artist’s fortune believes she is ...

SAN JOSE — If only Thomas Kinkade’s own home in Monte Sereno were as tranquil and idyllic as the storybook cottages he painted. Instead, the late artist’s stately mansion with the curving driveway and ...

MONTE SERENO, Calif. — Painter Thomas Kinkade battled alcoholism over the past several years and had a relapse just before his death this month at his home in Santa Clara County, his brother, Patrick, ...

Thomas Kinkade died in his Los Gatos home on Friday, and by Tuesday afternoon, the 54-year-old's cause of death was still a mystery.Kinkade, who called himself the "painter of light," was one of the ...

In the months before his death, Thomas Kinkade was “extremely focused” on establishing a museum of his artwork at his Monte Sereno home, his embattled girlfriend said in court papers filed Thursday.

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — Fans of Thomas Kinkade's sentimental paintings soon will be able to do more than hang them on the wall. They could hang them on the wall of a house designed to look exactly like ...

Thomas Kinkade, the prolific painter of bucolic and idealized scenes who estimated that his mass-produced works hung inside one out of 20 American homes, died Friday at his home in Los Gatos, Calif.

(CBS/AP) Since Thomas Kinkade's death, galleries that sell his work are reporting a surge in sales. Kinkade died at age 54 on Friday. Outlets across the country say they're calling in extra help to ...

The death of schmaltzy painter Thomas Kinkade over the weekend saw a number of tepid obituaries in the major papers that boringly focused on the artist’s widespread appeal. Below please find two mean ...

It’s always discomforting to hear the news of a public person’s death, and I was truly saddened to hear of Thomas Kinkade’s death. As a Southern Christian, I see his work everywhere — in friends’ ...

Painter Thomas Kinkade battled alcoholism over the past several years and had a relapse just before his sudden death at his Los Gatos home, his brother said.The self-described "Painter of Light" died ...