Howard   Finster  's  paradise  garden  Summerville,  GA

Artist Howard Finster was 59 when he had a vision from God to create sacred art. He transformed his yard in Summerville, Georgia into Paradise Garden, four acres of art he created from other people's trash. With over 50,000 paintings to his name, his work has been placed at the Smithsonian, American Folk Art Museum, the Library of Congress, and major museums throughout the world.

the Mississippi delta


“Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” Albert Camus 


“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”  Mahatma Gandhi 


“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”  Ralph Waldo Emerson 

" How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?  You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye."  ​Matthew 7:4-5