150774300Denzil Goodpaster19081995DenzilGoodpasterhttps://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/27305/fullDenzil Goodpaster was a tobacco farmer, like his father, and received no education beyond the fifth grade. He started carving around 1970 as the result of a wager with a neighbor. When he discovered his natural talent for the medium he continued carving, mostly canes, often with figural embellishments. His early works were colorfully patterned snakes, but he soon started adding human (female) figures. (1908–1995)West LibertyWest LibertyWest LibertyDenzil Goodpaster