Current UNFRAMED retail value of this artwork is $4,000.00+ Ask me to FAX the current catalogue price 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") Clearing Storms is the fourth painting in Thomas Kinkade's very popular "Seaside Memories" series. Visit my eBay Store for the Seaside Memories collection and other great Kinkade artworks! ++++ EXCLUSIVE Limited Edition FRAMED Renaissance (R/E) CANVAS (Frame included! See below) ++++ This painting was released in September 1997. ++++ Rare! Only 240 of this edition in the world ++++ Hand Embellished Oil Highlighting applied by a Master Highlighter under the direct supervision of Thomas Kinakde The artwork literally glows. This is also one of the artworks that change the time of day depending how much light you are shining on it. With medium light it looks like sunset, with more light it reflects back as if it is sunrise ~~ Pure magic! (At the time of purchase you will receive coaching on lighting with dimmer switch) ++++   18" x 27" CANVAS Framed in a approx 28" x 37"  Premium Studio Proof Museum Quality Frame (a $495.00 value ) ~~ ready to hang! ++++ Brass Plaque with the legend "Clearing Storms ~~ Thomas Kinkade" ++++ Hand Signed by Thom front of canvas ++++ Silk screened Remarque (sketch) on back of canvas ++++ Silver Foil Renaissance Edition Seal applied to back of canvas ++++ Certificate of Limitation and Authenticity included ++++ Theme: Oceanic, Nautical, Breaking Waves, Storm at Sea, Boat on the horizon. ++++ About the Renaissance Edition ~~ Renaissance Edition (R/E) The Renaissance Edition is a special reserve edition created with a textured brushstroke process that recreates the artist's actual brushwork. It is then finished in oil by a master highlighter who applies a special "Remarque" to the back of the canvas. (This is a sketch)Each unique canvas is created under the artist's close supervision. Upon satisfactory completion, the artist hand signs the front of the canvas and a foil stamped silver Renaissance Edition seal is applied to the back. Each Renaissance Edition is designated by the letter R/E after the print number. RENAISSANCE EDITION Renaissance Editions are limited to not more than (usually less) 8.75% of the Standard Numbered edition. The R/E is TEXTURED to match every brush stroke of Tom's original. Individually hand highlighted by Thom's Master Apprentice under his direct supervision. Special Water Mark Remarque on the back of each canvas. R/E's are 3 times the Standard Numbered price. Additional Hand Signature by Thomas Kinkade on front of canvas. Renaissance Edition Lable CLICK IMAGE FOR LARGER PHOTO

+++++ 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 dark 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

Ocracoke Light Station ~~~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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