In 1920, the new family moved to Sweetwater, the nearest large town, and in 1927 relocated to Dallas, where Mauzey worked as a clerk at a cotton exporting firm.
[2] He bought a lithographic press to print his own work and that of his colleagues, leaving his position at the cotton exporting firm to teach lithography and devote more time to his artwork.
The Lone Star Printmakers also sold work through noted art historian Carl Zigrosser’s Weyhe Gallery in New York.
Suffering from exhaustion and a bleeding ulcer, Mauzey was frequently ill and required hospitalization on numerous occasions.
Though Regionalism’s popularity waned after World War II, Mauzey continued to produce prints and focused his efforts on creating children’s books illustrated with his lithography.
[1] Though the popularity of Regionalist art fluctuates over time, Mauzey's work documents an important period of rural life in Texas and is held in major institutions throughout the United States.