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Artist honors Channel 2โ€ฒs Jovita Moore on her birthday

ATLANTA — Atlanta graphic designer John-Paul Moore says heโ€™s more than someone who makes art, heโ€™s a storyteller.

He uses his talents to create works of art celebrating the lives of beloved people who have passed away.

โ€œThese tributes are a way to keep their legacy alive, so theyโ€™re not forgotten,โ€ Moore told Channel 2โ€ฒs Berndt Petersen.

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Through his gift of graphic design, Moore celebrates their lives and the lives of dozens of others weโ€™ve all known and loved, like James Earl Jones, Frankie Beverly and Channel 2โ€ฒs Jovita Moore.

โ€œThis is my most recent design,โ€ Moore said during a visit Friday to the WSB-TV studios in midtown Atlanta. He wanted to honor Channel 2โ€ฒs beloved anchor on what would have been her 57th birthday.

โ€œI really love the fact that she looks so happy. It tells a great story of her life,โ€ Moore said of the print he created.

He wanted the WSB-TV family to have one of them.

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โ€œHappy birthday. She loved her birthday,โ€ WSB-TV News Director Suzanne Nadell said.

The piece of art will now have a place in the WSB-TV Newsroom.

It has been nearly three years since we lost Jovita to a rare form of brain cancer, but her spirit is still with us.

โ€œI just think itโ€™s important that we never forget her and we keep her memory alive, and celebrate the beautiful person she was inside and out. Sheโ€™s a treasure, definitely an Atlanta, Georgia and American treasure,โ€ Moore said.

You can see more of Mooreโ€™s work by clicking here.

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