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1 ?Now I look at the art as a gift,? she says. ?t?If it weren?t for my mother, I never would 'have painted.?
?ings in his theater, and his patrons started ings as well, which I really admire.^^|^^-ifit doesn?t speak to her. ' ? > {buying them.	> < Or, perhaps people ^ relate'?If it' (^o~3n?t tell a story,]
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the community as well. . ?^^^^?^^i^^hiEiir,wsaysLviosel^.^osejPwiwk^..imght ?I believe that her paintings really touch, <form the basis of one of her titles, which she r7 a nerve for those of us who live here,? says -	claims she must have before she can paint
Margie Gowdy, executive director of the I	the first thing.	r	?
Ohr-O?Keefe Museum of Art. ?She paints :v ^ The title typically teils the story of the J I	Moseley?s	career took off when a man in	all the different parts of everyday life. She	event depicted in the painting. And, by the \
^Memphis wanted to hang some of her paint-	throws her sense of humor into her paint-	way, Moseley doesn?t keep her final product 1
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Today I Thoi^ht I Was Folks.
?I love her work,? says ..'*?Not long after my husband?s death, I -v. ^Bay St. Louis resident Pat i was living on Enid Lake, and I had to have ^?nCucullu, who,has known^his*old birddog put.to sleep because he e'w Alice since before the artrf;yoWdn?t eat, he was so. sad,? Moseley moved to Bay St. Louis. ?I . explains.	.-I.
^	never cared much for ~^This painting ? which depicts the dog
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|rm doing,? she insists. ?I ?think it?s my subject matter. People can relate to it.?
? | Moseley has no formal [training,fwhich some would [say is what makes her a ?folk fartist.? ;
J ?In its broadest interpreta-?tion, the label folk art can be ^applied to people who do self-!taught art,? says folk art expert <Lisa Hogan.
j ?Folk artists are chronicling ^community history, events in fthe community, or commemorating important people in the com-
to her wonderful sens'e' of J0(j/ ^ humor or her unfettered tal-
ent.
continues Cucullu, who has five of Moseley?s, original paintings hianging in her home. ?It doesn?t necessarily remind you of a place, but of a time that
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Another of her paintings, called How Could I Know They All Would Grow which refers to Moseley?s overabundant ? ? See ARTIST, 3E
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garden (?I planted something different every day for two years,? she explains). ?
?Her sense of humor is definitely 'there, in'the stories she tells,? says Ann Warson, who works with Moseley one day a week, helping her mail out prints and information. ?Her paintings all have a great story behind them.?
The creative process
Just as Moseley has a favorite \ painting, she also has a favorite part of the creative process.
?Creating as I go along is the best part,? says Moseley. ?I tuck things away in my memory, so that I can use them later.?
; And, after spending a while in the shell of her mind, those grains of memories form pearls.
Those pearls?her paintings? are all over town.
? She gives an original print to all new businesses in the Bay St. Louis area; additionally, her work is featured in a mural on Main Street.
Moseley says she refused to get on scaffolding, so a local school-class painted the actual mural
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A painting by folk artist Alice Moseley.
bought back six of her original paintings.
Moseley says she is honored that her son is doing this; that she
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man, who has a wall in his house dedicated to nine of Moseley?s original paintings.
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