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Outsider Art Trail Tour Is June 5 Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Paradise Garden Foundation presents the fourth Outsider Art Trail Tour on Saturday, June 5, offering a great road-trip option for anyone ready to get out and explore after being cooped up during the pandemic.
Take a drive deep into the heart of southern small-town charm and quirk, wander down some rural byways, and celebrate the beginning of summer amid the leafy beauty of Northwest Georgia. Start your day early at a “picker’s paradise” as you dig for treasures at Trade Day, a giant outdoor flea market just outside downtown Summerville that has been a Chattooga County tradition since 1976.
Summerville Collector s Huge Finster Angel Up For Auction Saturday Thursday, April 22, 2021
Howard Finster with friend and Summerville collector Larry Schlachter after Larry purchased “Angel of the Lord” (#10,971) in 1989. The 86-inch-wide painting is one of the highlights of Slotin Folk Art Auction’s Spring Self-Taught Art Masterpiece Sale on Saturday.
When Larry Schlachter visited his Northwest Georgia friend Howard Finster one weekend in 1989 and laid eyes on a nearly 8-foot-wide painted wooden cutout angel the artist had just completed, Mr. Schlachter knew he had to have it, even if he wasn’t quite sure how he’d afford it. Trying to keep up with unprecedented demand for his art, Mr. Finster had been moving into more of a production mode, and Mr. Schlachter sensed that a work of this beauty, size and detail would be hard to come by in the future. He was right.