'Painter of Light' Paints His Way Into a DUI 17.99K Max Read 06/15/10 01:48AM Filed to: Arrests Arrests Thomas Kinkade Art Painter of light Dui Drunk Driving Bestselling artist/crook Thomas Kinkade was arrested on suspicion of a DUI in California. According to police, he was "very nice," for a guy whose life's work represents the vicious murder of art at the hands of religious capitalism. [Modesto Bee]