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 ...

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 ...

Howard Finster, a Baptist preacher turned self-taught artist, was sometimes called "the grandfather of Southern Folk Art" or "the Andy Warhol of the South." The best way to understand the late ...

The feverishly productive painter who designed Rolling Stone magazine’s 1985 album cover of the year was also a modern-day mystic whose studio and “sculpture garden” (featured heavily in the music ...

PENNVILLE, GA. — The Rev. Howard Finster -- one of the 20th century’s most renowned folk artists -- always maintained that he was a stranger from another world, and that he would return to that world ...