Alfred McMoore
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McMoore takes a breather after lighting his pipe outside the office of Community Support Services, the Akron mental health agency where he is a client. (Ed Suba, Jr /Akron Beacon Journal file photo)
Alfred McMoore works on the details of one of his scrolls in 2000. (Ed Suba, Jr /Akron Beacon Journal file photo)
McMoore heads for the checkout line at a drugstore during a shopping spree in 2000. (Ed Suba, Jr /Akron Beacon Journal file photo)
Akron artist Alfred McMoore, who uses a cane, with one of his scrolls on the floor in his Akron home in 2000. (Ed Suba, Jr /Akron Beacon Journal file photo)
The Akron Art Museum has displayed this sketch by Alfred McMoore.(Ed Suba, Jr /Akron Beacon Journal file photo)
Curled up on the floor of his apartment near downtown Akron atop the 5-foot-wide paper from which he creates his ��outsider'' art, McMoore works on one of his signature scrolls. (Ed Suba, Jr /Akron Beacon Journal file photo)
The self-taught artist works on a portion of of one of his intricately detailed 45-foot scrolls. (Ed Suba, Jr /Akron Beacon Journal file photo)
In a pensive mood, McMoore � who says he sometimes spends as long as 40 days on a single scroll � takes a puff on his pipe as he pauses to contemplate the universe. (Ed Suba, Jr /Akron Beacon Journal file photo)
Covering his face, McMoore relaxes in his living room. (Ed Suba, Jr /Akron Beacon Journal file photo)
After buying a shirt at a downtown store, McMoore moves on to the next stop on his shopping trip. (Ed Suba, Jr /Akron Beacon Journal file photo)
