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Painter Thomas Kinkade, 54, RIP

Painter Thomas Kinkade works on a landscape painting of Lake Coeur d'Alene from a hillside where builders will begin a series of luxury homes based on his paintings. Kinkade said each house will come with a print of the painting. At a media event Saturday, June 17, 2006, the builders and Kinkade plugged the idea and showed off the lakeview property. Jesse Tinsley The SPOKESMAN-REVIEW (Jesse Tinsley / The Idaho Spokesman Review)
Painter Thomas Kinkade works on a landscape painting of Lake Coeur d'Alene from a hillside where builders will begin a series of luxury homes based on his paintings. Kinkade said each house will come with a print of the painting. At a media event Saturday, June 17, 2006, the builders and Kinkade plugged the idea and showed off the lakeview property. Jesse Tinsley The SPOKESMAN-REVIEW (Jesse Tinsley / The Idaho Spokesman Review)

In this June 17, 2006, SR file photo, painter Thomas Kinkade works on a landscape painting of Lake Coeur d'Alene from a hillside where builders will begin a series of luxury homes based on his paintings.  Kinkade said each house will come with a print of the painting. A family spokesman says California artist Thomas Kinkade, known for scenes of cottages, country gardens and churches in dewy morning light died Friday. He was 54. Story here. (AP Photo/Gene Blythe, File)

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D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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