[1] During his career, he held artist residencies at Livingstone College and Princeton University where he taught wood sculpture.

[2][3] In 1941, he became a Grand Master of the Jordanite religion, and considered his faith to be an integral part of his practice and teaching.

His parents wanted him to become a lawyer so Moore started working in a "cane field" to supplement the family's income and save money for his studies.

At some point while working in the fields, which Moore credits to divine intervention, he decided to become an artist.

In 1976, Moore's unveiled his most famous creation, a monument that towers over the Square of the Revolution in Guyana's capital, called the 1763 monument, commemorating the uprising by the Berbice slaves led by Coffy which symbolizes the liberation and struggle of the Guyanese people.