b. July 4, 1920 — d. Oct. 30, 2006
Montgomery, Alabama

“Peoples say I first painted when I hurt my feet, but I painted way before that.

I used to paint on glass before I did wood. Painted on the back part of the glass of the television set you look at. Mostly landscapes back then. Didn't nobody like them very much.

When I got hurt, I had more time to paint, and wood was a whole lot easier to get hold of. The first picture I did on wood was a red bird. People brought me books to copy out of so I started doing that some. But I painted from a lot of things though.

This man Robert Bishop bought the first one. Said “I’ll buy it but you gotta give it a name.” I said, “I don’t know no name.” He say, “You got to think of one.” I said, “All right, call it Mose T” He bought every picture I had.

This material is derived from conversations with William Arnett in 1987 and 1995.

Courtesy of Souls Grown Deep