Seaside artworks are one of Thomas Kinkade's most popular subjects. The call of the ocean and crashing waves on rocky cliffs appeal to those who love the sea such as Navy sailors, Merchant Marines, Coast Guard, and anyone who has ever challenged the sea in a boat or ship. Clearing Storms ("Seaside Memories IV") This painting belongs to the "Seaside Memories" Collection and it is the third in the series, and the others are: "Beacon of Hope" "Light of Peace" "Conquering The Storms" "A Light In the Storm" "Rock of Salvation" "Sea Of Tranquility" and "Victorian Light" Watch my E-bay Auctions and ESPECIALLY visit my Ebay Store for the Seaside Memories collection!! ++++ Limited Edition Artist Proof (A/P) CANVAS 111/590 ++++ Hand Highlighted by a Master Highlighter under the supervision of Thomas Kinkade as documented the stamp on back of the frame. ++++ This painting is luminous and has the appearance of the light being switched on in the lighthouse. The painting also changes time of day depending on amount of light you shine on it...with dimmer light it looks like sunset..with more light, it appears like dawn ~~ ~~ Pure magic! (At the time of purchase you will receive coaching on lighting with dimmer switch) ++++ Rare! Only 590 of this edition were produced 111/590 ++++ Certificate of Limitation and Authenticity included ++++ 18" x 27" CANVAS elegantly framed in a Museum Quality Thom approved 26" x 35" Antique Gold frame ~~Ready to hang! ++++ Brass Plaque with the legend "Clearing Storms ~~ Thomas Kinkade" ++++ Tom created this painting in September 1997. It sold out rapidly and is no longer available. Retail value (If you are lucky enough to find it ~~$2225) ++++ Clearing Storms was the very first image released in multiple sizes and the very first painting released in Renaissance Edition. ++++ Theme: Oceanic, Nautical, Breaking Waves, Storm at Sea, Boat on the horizon.

+++++ And this is what Thomas Kinkade said about this work +++++ "I believe that God speaks to His faithful in many voices -- some intended for the ear, some for the eye, all for the heart. As a painter, my role is to interpret and clarify allegorical scenes that are rich with meaning. Clearing Storms is such a symbolic scene, charged with a message of hope that can give us the fortitude to go on. Storms -- dark, brooding, terrifying -- are a part of all our lives. When we're in the grip of a storm, we may feel overwhelmed, powerless, abandoned by God. The meaning of Clearing Storms is that God's love is eternal, and, because of that, the dart times always pass. The power of the waning storm is still evident in the wild, turbulent sea. But up in the sky, God's light has touched the clouds with myriad colors, transforming them into harbingers of hope, and overwhelming man's feeble attempt to light the darkness with the lighthouse. A timid stream, which suggests to me an individual human life, makes its way to the great ocean. A gazebo provides refuge for the lighthouse keeper when storms have passed, where he can contemplate the wonder of it all in one of my favorite ways -- drinking in the warmth from a cup of hot tea." ~~ Thomas Kinkade

~~ Thom has said this about Lighthouses ~~ "I love lighthouses. The severe, uncompromising life of service lived by lonely lighthouse keepers possesses a special dignity. Poised between the last outcroppings of land and the vast expanse of the ocean, the lighthouse has become a profound symbol of human life, poised as it is between the transitory and the eternal." - Thomas Kinkade

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"Thomas Kinkade, The Painter of Light has sold more canvasses than ~~ Claude Monet, Rembrandt, Renoir, Edouard Manet, Vincent Van Gogh. Leonardo da Vinci, Picasso, Paul Gauguin COMBINED. He is America's, and the World's, most collected living artist. He is to Art, what Henry Ford was to automobiles." ("60 minutes "~~ CBS)

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Trivia Did you know..... ~~~The Lighthouse depicted in "Clearing Storms" most closely resembles another North Carolina outer banks light ~~Ocracoke Light Station. ~~~The 1823 Ocracoke tower is currently the oldest operating lighthouse on NC coast. (Bald Head is five years older but no longer an active aid to navigation). ~~~The tower is 65 feet tall, and it is 75 feet to focal plane at the center of the lens.It has a fixed white light from a 4th order Fresnel lens. ~~~Keepers once boiled a concoction of glue and rice in huge vats and quickly applied the hot mixture as a protective coating to the brick." ~~~The first lighthouse at Ocracoke Inlet was the 1798 Shellcastle Rock lighthouse located on an island in the inlet. In such a location - defenseless against storms, tides, and winds - the lighthouse was often inoperative when needed most. Thus, in 1823, it was replaced by this light, the Nation's second oldest still in use. The non-rotating light is 75 feet above sea level an can be seen a full 360 degrees to a distance of fourteen miles. The walls are five feet thick at the base and are made of brick with mortar surface

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