Painter of Light Thomas Kinkade (L at podium) with Painters of Blight co-Curators Erin Norlin, David Miller and Kipling West 

In answer to many comments and questions, the picture is NOT a Photoshop job; the photo is genuine, taken in Seattle during Thom's "whistlestop tour" last Novemeber. He actually did pose with us, but the moron with the camera decided to take her sweet fucking time taking the picture, at which point he'd gotten bored and moved on to the next fan.