Montmarte

   "My artist's heart beats faster in Montmartre, surrounded as I am by the heritage of giants. When I set up my easel and canvas on the sidewalks of what was, a century ago, the artistic capital of the world, I know that I follow in the steps of Toulouse Lautrec, Manet, and all the others who made this section of Paris the symbol of the artistic lifestyle. Happily, Parisian women still stroll the boulevards with parasols in hand, so that my Montmartre retains its historic flavor."____  Thomas Kinkade

   Once again the focus here is on the words you are to take to your heart, not the picture you are actually looking at - which actually is not particularly offensive. Unlike 95% of his stuff.
   There's really nothing to criticize here, and, also, nothing to get excited about. It is what could most favorably be called a "study." A "study" is a sort of practice version the painter makes sometimes to see if he thinks he has the energy and ability to really go to work on it.
   He's painted a simple scene here with none of his usual nonsense. At least in the painting. Now let's look at the words!!! His artist's heart beats faster? Where does he keep it, in a jar? And what artist's heart is it? It can't be his own, he doesn't seem to have one. At least from what I've seen of his output. Don't see no art in any of it. It's probably just the cigar that's making your heart beat faster, dude.
   He mentions the giants of French Impressionism like he is one. Dude, you just went to France, used a fake, or at least a different, name, and painted some scenes in a very lackluster, ordinary way that any weekend painter dabbler would do.
   He's following in the steps of Lautrec and Monet only literally. So you can't get him for lying. But holy shit,you ain't even in the ballpark, or in the city where the ballpark is located, regarding these guys artistically. I mean, this is amazingly pompous crap even for amazingly pompous crap crap, which Kinkade excels at producing.