Carlos Alpha Moon, of Florala, Alabama, was a prominent Alabama artist of the 1940s and 1950s. Moon was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1906, although his family moved to Andalusia, Alabama, while Carlos was a child. Moon attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute from 1928 to 1929. His emergence as an artist did not occur until his introduction to the Dixie Art Colony and the tutelage of his mentor, Kelly Fitzpatrick, when Moon changed his medium of choice to watercolor. "Shiney" further developed his watercolor technique in and around New Orleans, in the bayous and on the barrier islands of the Gulf. With Fitzpatrick and water colorist Genevieve Southerland as co-instructors, Moon helped found the Bayou Art Colony in Bayou la Batre, Alabama. Moon's work has been exhibited throughout the eastern United States, in numerous one-man shows, in galleries, museums, and in art association competitions. He won prizes and awards from the Alabama Art League, Watercolor Society of Alabama, Mobile Watercolor Society, and others. He also served as president of the Watercolor Society of Alabama and as vice-president of the Alabama Art League. Carlos Moon died in 1953.