Jimmy Carter's woodworking, painting and poetry reveal an introspective Renaissance Man The world knew Jimmy Carter as a president and humanitarian, but he also was a woodworker, painter and poet, creating a body of artistic work that reflects deeply personal views of the global community — and himself.
Creating art provided “the rare opportunity for privacy” in his otherwise public life, Carter said.
Mourners at Carter’s hometown funeral will see the altar cross he carved in maple and collection plates he turned on his lathe.
Chris Bagby, an Atlanta woodworker whose shop Carter frequented, elevated that assessment to “rather accomplished.”.
Carter gleaned the basics on his father’s farm, where the Great Depression meant being a jack-of-all-trades.
