+++++ What Thomas Kinkade said about this work +++++
"As you may know, my heart resides in the City by the Bay. San
Francisco, Powell Street marks the 19th release in my San Francisco
collection, yet this wonderful town continues to provide breathless
panoramas even for a seasoned visitor.
Perhaps that’s because San Francisco is such a lived-in city.
Wherever you look you find dynamic street life — vendors, neighbors,
shoppers, and the ever present cable car.
San Francisco, Powell Street gives me an opportunity to
return to the hilltop I first painted in my tremendously popular San
Francisco, A View Down California Street from Nob Hill, but looking in
a different direction. I’ve taken artistic license to move the
wonderful Bay Bridge slightly south to provide a full view – after
all, what would the “City by the Bay” be without a bridge in the
distance. In the middleground we see the Sir Francis Drake Hotel with
its famous Starlite Roof, adorned by its landmark spinning star atop
the stately main tower."
~~Thomas Kinkade
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