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
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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.
