Style thumb|Fireboard decorated by Moses in 1918 Moses painted scenes of rural life from earlier days, which she called "old-timey" New England landscapes. Moses said that she would "get an inspiration and start painting; then I'll forget everything, everything except how things used to be and how to paint it so people will know how we used to live." From her works of art, she omitted features of modern life, such as tractors and telephone poles.
Style thumb|Fireboard decorated by Moses in 1918 Moses painted scenes of rural life from earlier days, which she called "old-timey" New England landscapes. Moses said that she would "get an inspiration and start painting; then I'll forget everything, everything ex,cept how things used to be and how to paint it so people will know how we used to live." From her works of art, she omitted features of modern life such as tractors and telephone poles.