Talk:Thomas Blackshear
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[edit] Notability
I see that the "notability" tag has been added to this article. I suspect that it is because the person who added it is simply unfamiliar with Blackshear's milieu. I'm not particularly a fan of Blackshear's collectibles, but he's enormously popular in Evangelical Christian circles, especially among black Evangelicals. For an artist, popularity is hard to document, and I'm open to suggestions. I added mention of some very major evangelical Christian institutions where his work hangs, I'm not sure what else one can do to document the importance of an artist nearly all of whose best work hangs in churches. He also does some mass market stuff that I find rather tacky; he probably sells a lot of it, but, again, it's not like there is a Billboard chart for artists.
Let me come at this another way: are you saying that no artist whose work hangs primarily in evangelical churches is notable? And if that is not what you are saying, who in that world would you say is more notable, because I certainly can't think of anyone. - Jmabel | Talk 18:47, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Over half a million Google hits, by the way. At least the first 40 are all him. I'll see what I can "mine". - Jmabel | Talk 18:59, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
I've now added his work for the United States Postal Service. I'd hope we can agree that puts him above the notability threshold. - Jmabel | Talk 19:27, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Heritage
I am related to Thomas Blackshear —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.22.244.119 (talk • contribs) 26 November 2006.
