Howard Finster
Howard Finster
Howard Finsterwas an American artist and Baptist minister from Georgia. He claimed to be inspired by God to spread the gospel through the design of his swampy land into Paradise Gardens, a folk art sculpture garden with over 46,000 pieces of art. His creations include outsider art, naïve art, and visionary art. Finster first came to widespread notice in the 1980s with his album cover designs for R.E.M. and Talking Heads...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSculptor
Date of Birth2 December 1916
CountryUnited States of America
Howard Finster quotes about
And I just started a church. I called it the World's Folk Art Church. I bought this old church. There was no deacons or pastors or anything.
Every time that we've ever fought, we fought to keep from bein' destroyed. We've never started a war.
I never met someone I did not love.
You can't smear acrylics, you know, it dries too fast.