150739246Chester Cornett19121981ChesterCornetthttps://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1415/fullAlthough he apprenticed with his grandfather to learn chairmaking, Cornett's large-scale sculpture of Christ on the cross was inspired by a visionary experience. Cornett dreamed in 1968 that a flood was going to submerge all of eastern kentucky under water. To save himself he built a large ark with room for passengers and a sculpture of Christ on the cross affixed to the bow. The flood did not occur he moved out of the ark and back into his house. Shortly after, there was a local flood and the creek behind his house overflowed carrying the ark away. The sculpture was recovered, though the ark was not.(1912–1981)Kings CreekKings CreekKings CreekChester Cornett