Known as the Painter of Light, Thomas Kinkade has always used his artwork to convey certain core values: Marriage and Family, Children and Future Generations, Nature, Spirituality, and Tradition. Now, for the first time, Kinkade explains how all people can transform their lives by following 18 simple principles, or lightposts,that illuminate these core values. These include: Living in the Light of Simplicity, the Light of Selflessness, and the Light of Thankfulness, as well as Living in a Positive Light, and Living in the Cozy Light of Home. With retail product sales of over $200 million per year and over 150 Thomas Kinkade-themed stores nationwide, Americans collect the works of Thomas Kinkade more than any other living artist. There are nearly one million copies of Kinkades 10 previous (mostly art) books in print. His Ill Be Home for Christmas and Romantic Hideaways (Harvest, 1997) were Evangelical Christian Publishers Association bestsellers, and his Simpler Times (Harvest, 1996), a book which contains portions of his philosophical writings, has been his strongest seller to date with 215,000 hardcover copies in print. Simpler Times hit the Christian Booksellers Association Marketplace Premier 100 list for 1997. Also available as a Time Warner AudioBook read by the author.Praise for Thomas Kinkade: Not since Norman Rockwell has one artist so captured the heart of the American people. ~ Key magazine