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SOLDHoward Finster (1916-2001) gave up preaching because one Sunday night he asked who remembered his Sunday morning sermon. No one did. Later he had a vision. A voice told him to paint sacred art. He replied that he could not do art because he was not a professional. The voice asked him repeatedly, "How do you know?...” The reverend Howard Finster has followed his vision and the image of the face on his finger become known as his "Resting Souls" figures in his art. Howard has had art showings across the world, including the Library Of Congress, and the Smithsonian Institute. He has taught many students in college workshops across the nation. He has been on the front page of the Wall Street Journal, and featured in many magazines and newspapers including Time, Life, Southern Living, NY and Chicago Times. He was on the Johnny Carson Show, Good Morning America and has been interviewed by several TV Broadcasts including Canada, England, and Japan. The Reverend has painted an album cover for the rock group R.E.M. and one for the group the Talking Heads. The Talking Heads Album was voted album cover of the year by Rolling Stone Magazine in 1985. R.E.M. filmed a video for the song, "Radio Free Europe" in Paradise Gardens Park & Museum around 1989. In December 1995, the Reverend Howard was presented with an Art Exhibit Birthday Party at the High Museum of Atlanta. The Art exhibit proved to be the Museum's largest nationwide exhibition. Spring of 1996 he attended the dedication and opening of the Paradise Gardens sculpture exhibit at the High. The real three-acre Paradise Gardens Park & Museum and the Finster Folk Art Gallery are in Summerville, Georgia. The Coca Cola Company commissioned him to paint an eight-foot Olympic Coke Bottle for the Olympics in 1996. He was honored with the Governor's award and chosen to paint an Easter egg for the Annual Easter Egg Hunt at the White House. Howard Finster died on Oct. 22, 2001. (bio c/o Finster dot com)
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