Description: Self-taught Georgia artist Eddie Owens Martin (1908-86), known as St. EOM, created a visionary art site called Pasaquan in the mid-1950s in Marion County, Georgia. Covering seven acres, this evocative and fanciful site has captured the imaginations of thousands of visitors. This book documents his life, his vision, and his art.
Brief description: TOM PATTERSON is the author of Howard Finster: Stranger from Another World and Contemporary Folk Art: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. His writing has appeared in afterimage, American Craft, Aperture, ARTnews, Art Papers, BOMB, Folk Art, New Art Examiner, Public Art Review, and Raw Vision.
Review Quotes: The story of worldly adventures and spiritual journeys, the book is as shocking, touching, and full of wisdom as the storyteller himself. . . . Through St. EOM in the Land of Pasaquan we are able to enter the bizarre world of Pasaquan and its creator. In the process we might even come to realize that its not that strange after all.--Mary Helen Frederick "Folk Art Messenger"