"I look out the window sometimes to seek the color of the shadows and the different greens in the trees, but when I get ready to pain, I just close my eyes and imagine a scene."
Grandma Moses
Anna Mary Robertson Moses became a cultural icon for American primitive folk art in her latter years and inspired countless people to live the fullness of their lives. She is best known for living with her eyes shut, imagining the scene and then painting it--whereas so many painters combine pictures or stand out on the site to paint plein air. For Grandma Moses, aptly named by the press, she painted from the depths of her spirit, the eyes of her heart. How many of us to start the day begin with our eyes closed to see afresh with spirit eyes?
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| Grandma Moses September 1860 to December 1961 |
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