To reach The Village at Hiddenbrooke, A Thomas Kinkade Painter of Light™ Community ... there's a bland collection of homes with nothing -- not a church, not a cafe, not even a town square ...

Ten years ago, when artist Thomas Kinkade was at the peak of his popularity, a subdivision named after and inspired by the self-proclaimed Painter of Light opened in Vallejo. Named the Village ...

"I've been carrying Thomas Kinkade for over 22 years," says Marty Brown, co-owner of the Village Gallery in Irvine. "And the fact that he's been selling with such regularity for such a long time ...