+++++ And this is what Thomas Kinkade said about this work +++++
"Some years ago, in my travels through England, I found a wonderful old
stone gate - mysterious, inviting, mysterious, inviting, suggesting all
sorts of exciting possibilities. It was only when I was back in my studio,
working on the canvas that would become my well known "Autumn Gate". That I
realized I didn't know where the gate led. Was it the entrance to a
glorious castle or simply a country road leading to some less picturesque
setting? When people asked, I wasn't able to answer because I'd never
walked in to take a look.
This question intrigued me to such a degree that on a later trip,
Nanette and I made a pilgrimage back to the setting for the stately, ivy
draped stone manor house I celebrate in this painting/ And since this
subject lay beyond the gate featured in 'Autumn Gate', I couldn't
resist titling it 'Beyond Autumn Gate'.
Setting aside the history of its inspiration, I also wanted to create a
splendid evocation of a home more gracious than the humble cottages I often
paint. I'm sure down deep each of us dreams of living in a setting such as
this and being, if only in our imagination, 'Lord of the Manor'."
~~Thomas Kinkade
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