Taking a trip to Finster’s Paradise Garden

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Taking a trip to Finster’s Paradise Garden

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The Fayette County Parks and Recreation Department recently offered a trip to Summerville, Georgia to Howard Finister’s Paradise Garden. Through the use of bottles, glass, mirrors, cement, bathtubs, toilets, “garbage” such as rusted bicycle frames and cast off jewelry… you name it, it’s there. Howard had an amazing way of combining text and strong visual forms, so that you have no doubt about his evangelical purpose. His calling as a preacher comes to life here at Paradise Gardens, and by using his art, he created sermon after sermon. Of visual art, he said, “Visual art is a great thing. It draws the attention of people. That’s what peoples’ work does. It preaches for them after they’re gone.”

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