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The soldier is alone … as he is never alone in battle.

The weight of all he has seen and done, of the pain he has borne and the trials he has overcome bear down on his broad shoulders. The soldier’s personal war is over: he is Heading Home.

I did not choose to show the warrior’s face in my painting of the homecoming veteran. The hero of Heading Home is not an individual at all; he is the essence of the American soldier. We cannot tell whether he returns from Normandy, from Saigon, from Beirut. In a sense, he has spilled his blood on all those fields of honor.

Like all of us, the soldier walks the path of his life and finds himself under God’s watchful eye, alone. He is bathed in a golden light that can only be called “heavenly.” Like all God’s children, his ultimate destination is a heavenly home, where he can know the sweet peace of divine love.

We cannot know whether he is Heading Home to hearth and family, to the pleasures of domestic love and a joyful reunion, or whether he may be returning instead to the bliss of heaven, which is the perfection of those earthly pleasures.

We can only wish him a joyful homecoming, and say a sublime word of thanks to the hero’s of every generation!

-Thomas Kinkade

Limited Edition Canvas
Thomas Kinkade Limited Edition Canvases combine old world craftsmanship with the finest materials and latest production technologies to produce extraordinary canvas artwork. Our reproduction process captures not only the color and mood of Thom’s enchanting original painting, but the actual brushwork as well. Every piece is hand-retouched by skilled artisans, giving the painting a look almost identical to the artist’s on-easel original. Vibrant colors, rich textures and color tones accurate to Thom’s original brushstroke are the hallmarks of your finished piece.

Features

• Premium Canvas
• Hand stretched over hardwood stretcher bars
• Hand highlighted with fine acrylic paints by skilled artisans
• Long-life pigment inks that outperform conventional press inks.
• Edition number is applied to each Canvas Limited Edition
• Individually numbered Certificate Authenticity matched to the art piece
• Engraved brass nameplate included.
• Made in the USA

Limited Edition Paper
Thomas Kinkade Limited Edition Paper Prints are made with the highest attention to detail and color accuracy; rest assured that these are the finest, most desirable Thomas Kinkade paper prints available. Each are printed on premium heavy weight (100 lbs.) archival papers with superior fade resistant inks. Every paper reproduction is individually numbered and comes with a matching Certificate of Authenticity.

Features

• Premium heavy weight 100 lbs. paper
• Long-life pigment inks that outperform conventional press inks.
• Edition number is applied to each Paper Limited Edition
• Individually numbered Certificate Authenticity matched to the art piece
• Presented in a full size protective envelope.
• Shipped flat in heavyweight rigid packaging.
• Made in the USA

© Thomas Kinkade

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