When Howard Finster died in 2001, his famed Paradise Garden folk art environment slid into a decade-long decline, and the steady flow of tourists visiting this struggling northwest Georgia corner ...

He remains one of the most famous self-taught, do-it-yourself folk artists, who inadvertently created a mecca by filling his Paradise Garden with tens of thousands of his creations. Each year, fans of ...

“Howard was like a combination of Billy Graham and Mr. Rogers,” muses Larry Schlachter. “With a bit of Bob Vila, the home improvement guy, thrown in.” Schlachter—tall, 72, serendipitous purveyor of ...

SUMMERVILLE, GA, August 23, 2024 (EZ Newswire) -- Howard Finster's Paradise Garden hosts its annual two-day art festival, Finster Fest, on September 21–22 in Summerville, Georgia in historic Paradise ...

Howard Finster was an American artist famed for his often bizarre paintings and sculptures of angels, aliens, and historical figures such as George Washington. Finster was a Baptist minister and used ...

The auction – 916 lots in all – will be held online and live in the Crescent City Gallery located at 1330 St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans. The Art, Design & Architecture Museum at UC Santa Barbara ...