This is what Thomas Kinkade said about
+++++ Dorothy
Discovers the Emerald City +++++
"Like most children of my era I was intrigued by The Wizard of Oz during its annual presentation
on our TV screen. This adventure provided the ultimate daydream for a young artist whose
imagination yearned to "follow the Yellow Brick Road".
To recreate my passion for Oz in visual form, I utilized my imagination to journey beyond what
had been created for the original movie. As is the case with my Disney paintings, each Oz
painting will be an attempt to capture the essence of the entire movie in a single emotionally
charged image. In the first Oz painting we see Dorothy and friends as they view the fabled
Emerald City for the first time. The familiar cast of characters is here - Dorothy, Cowardly
Lion, Tin Man, Scarecrow - as well as the Wicked Witch of the West, scary Winged Monkeys, and of
course the Munchkins. We can even see Glinda the Good Witch floating in her transparent sphere of
light, as though to bless the journey of the travelers.
I envision this painting as the first piece in what I will refer to as the "Oz Octet", a
collection of eight epic paintings intended to celebrate great moments from this classic film.
The eight paintings in this collection will present a monumental challenge to my abilities as a
story teller and picture maker. Yet like my Disney collection, I expect this collection to
flourish as collectors discover that each painting builds upon the next. Dorothy Discovers the
Emerald City is a panorama of the great places from the film. Though while watching the movie
none of us can be entirely sure where the Wicked Witch’s Castle is located in relation to the
Emerald City, I have placed it distinctly in the foreground suggesting a barren land that must be
traversed to encounter the delights beyond. Like The Wizard of Oz film, my painting presents the
raw emotions of myth and daydream as they collide with wondrous imagination.
For those collectors who are ready to engage my Oz collection, rest assured that Dorothy Discovers the
Emerald City is the starting point of an epic adventure in a land "over the
rainbow".
~~Thomas Kinkade
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