250:365 Recycled

250:365 Recycled
Different scenes from Paradise Gardens, the home of Howard Finster, a well-known folk artist. He took bits and pieces that he found in the city dump and fashioned them into art.

157:365 Angels or Devils

157:365 Angels or Devils
Inside the chapel at Paradise Gardens. Just a little over the top, but I love the long flowing angel. Good examples of outsider art.

"I never met a person I didn't love." Howard Finster

156:365 Shades of Gray

156:365 Shades of Gray
Howard Finster’s art is powerful and more than a little strange and unsettling. It’s sort of like a cross between an old-time tent revival and a circus fun house. Fascinating. Theme #278.

“As for me, I'm just passin' through this planet.” Howard Finster

155:365 Folk Art

155:365 Folk Art
In Summerville, Georgia, there is a place called Paradise Gardens. It was the home of Howard Finster, a famous folk artist. He started in 1960 to build an elaborate sculpture garden in and around his home. His sculptures are made of cast-off junk and trash. Mr. Finster was an evangelist preacher. He loved Jesus and he apparently had a fascination with Elvis and Coca-Cola . . . a true Southern gentleman. This picture is a close-up of a self portrait that is on the outside of the chapel in the gardens. Theme #104.