I’m inside the brain of Howard Finster, self-taught sacred artist and self-described “man of visions.” It’s an alternative universe, where clouds see, angels roam, spaceships zoom, science-fiction ...

“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 ...

Introduction : once upon a time: encountering the word made flesh -- On the Finster trail : the business of Howard Finster's divine busyness -- Signs of the times : Howard Finster and prophetic ...

In 2023, when D. Patton White and his company Beacon Dance performed at a Buckhead home during a private event for the Paradise Garden Foundation — the organization that operates and preserves artist ...

The John F. Turner collection of research material on visionary self-taught artist Howard Finster measures 6.9 linear feet and dates from circa 1928 to 2015, with the bulk of the materials dating from ...

Local fans of Howard Finster, the legendary Baptist preacher-turned-folk artist responsible for more than 46,000 works over a 25-year painting career, used to have to trek all the way to Georgia to ...

If William Blake had been born on northeast Alabama, he might have looked a lot like Howard Finster - artist, musician, a man who identified himself as "not of this world." Finster created Paradise ...

Finster Fest is no ordinary art festival. Yes, there will be an artist market, live music, a children’s activity area and food vendors. But it becomes clear when talking to both organizers and ...

The Rev. Howard Finster, a Baptist preacher turned folk artist who called his crudely drawn, brightly colored artworks “sermons in paint,” died Monday at a medical center in Rome, Ga.--near his rural ...

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 ...