When I'm makin' lectures to these universities, I tell 'em I like that little building because when I run short a audience, if I can get three people in there I've got a good crowd.

Finster gained national fame after his collaborative work with Athens Georgia-based rock band R. Finster first came to widespread notice in the 1980s with his album cover designs for bands such as R. Along with R.

E. His creations overlap folk art outsider art naïve art and visionary art.