Kenny Hill's Garden of Salvation - Chauvin, LA - Roadside Attractions on Waymarking.com

What else can be said that the 30 pics do not tell? Well over 100 pieces of "cement" art. Plan on spending some time to take it all in. Easy to locate due to the 45' lighthouse with figures climbing on the sides. Location is free, but there is a donation box just inside the gate. It also is opened from Sun up to Sun down. Parking across the street. There are plenty of websites with history of Artist, but here is a small version, from website, listed here.

Kenny was a bricklayer who moved to Chauvin in 1988 when he left his wife and three children. He put a tent up, then built himself a house, and then in 1990 started making figures out of concrete. At first while he was there working on it, he turned down publicity and wouldn't let people take pictures. In the late 90s, he talked about wanting people to come experience what he had made. In January of 2000, he left things as they were - some items are unfinished - and moved on. Just left. The parish had been giving him trouble for the upkeep of his yard (grass/weeds), he quit paying his rent for the land and got evicted, and on top of that, he seemed to have lost his religious conviction. In fact, he went to his sculpture of Jesus and damaged it on purpose. In his house, he left a sign above the kitchen sink that read "hell is here, welcome."

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