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Born: Valley Head, AL
Died: Summerville, GA

Howard Finster

About the Artist

Howard Finster was a Baptist minister and folk/outsider artist best know for his artwork done for The Talking Heads and R.E.M.

More information:

Official Howard Finster website

Where Else Can You Find His Work?

American Visionary Art Museum
North Carolina Museum of Art
Smithsonian American Art Museum

Publications and Press:

Howard Finsters “Paradise”: The South’s Most Inspired Garden – CNN

Howard Finster’s Obituary in the New York Times

Video:

Personal Notation

Dave and I had the profound pleasure and honor to visit Finster’s Paradise Gardens in Summerville, GA.  It is a HIGHLY recommended pilgrimage for anyone interested in folk art. It was a mind bending, life altering view of the world that makes you want to reevaluate your own life in terms of what you can do and what you stand for.

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