Leveling, cleaning out garbage throughout. Labor all by hand tools. Many years ago I know God spoke to my soul that there was something for me in Pennville after 40 years of preaching the gospel without charge, I then felt led to build a paradise garden in which I will open print the holy Bible verse by verse. Folk Art Chapel, and the Finster Folk Art Gallery. Finster used concrete in great flowing sweeps, embedding in it tiles, glass, junk and the Gospel.
Biblical quotations abound on hand-painted signs and in the mosaic cement paths.
Structures are topped off with turrets and pinnacles. Howard is probably now better know for his art than the Garden. Around 1976, he had a vision that told him to paint sacred art. By 1984, he was representing the U.S. at the Venice Biennale. His drawings, paintings and sculptures go for big money and have crossed the line from outsider art to commercial industry.