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Stephen Mauldin

Portland, Oregon, United States •
Artist (Painting) •
Born 1952 •
The artist doesn't paint what he sees, he paints what he wants the viewer to see.

I started drawing at the age of about seven, got my first oil painting set at about ten and, sometime in-between, first saw an exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci’s engineering exploits.  I was sold.  I wanted to be an artist like him.  

I have made it a habit over the years to play with paint in order to learn more about what it is capable (and not capable) of doing.  This has led me to paint on glass, then transfer that paint into "paint assemblages", extrude paint from modified syringes creating webbed paintings that resemble bent, colored wire, and most recently, to sling paint from ultra-fine straight pins, at very high speed, onto canvas.  The mark created by doing this just blew me away the first time I made it.  Its defining characteristic is electric energy, but the incredibly fine nature of the mark is also striking.  It immediately struck me as the perfect visual signifier for string theory.  I decided to use the mark in the expression of the ideas I had been dealing with for years. 

Beginning around 2006, I used this mark to create images of "the universe of mind and spirit" as I envisioned it, inspired by images of the physical universe produced by the Hubble space telescope.  I worked for several years to refine these, especially the     spatial aspects, then moved on to a series of radiant "figures" set against a web inspired by the distribution of galaxies and galaxy clusters in the early universe.  (A web, I might add, that looks remarkably like the web of neurons in the brain.)  All through this period, I wondered about mixing color optically by overlapping the fine skeins produced by this mark and eventually began a series to explore the matter.  The “Poles” series began as single panels, but evolved into two panel pieces, then three panel pieces, and ultimately a four panel piece.  The series is, on one level, simply an exploration of the colors that can be mixed in this manner. On a deeper level, however, it still deals with the same issues I've always dealt with, just in a more abstract idiom. 

I am now seventeen paintings into a new series that expands on the look of the diamond-shaped panels in the last eight “Poles” pieces.  These new pieces deal with the optical mixing of color exclusively, although they suggest energy condensing into matter to me, as well.  Others have suggested they resemble “dreamcatchers”.  Ultimately, there will be twenty-four paintings in this series.  They are unstretched and have grommets on each corner to attach them to the wall.  To me, the magic of a painting is the fact that it’s just a piece of fabric with paint on it, yet it can create such magic.  I want that to be more evident in these new pieces, right down to the raw, torn fabric around the outer edges.

 


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Painting titled ""WōV4"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"WōV4" - Painting, 9.5x9.5 in ©2023 by Stephen Mauldin - Abstract, abstract-570, Colorful, color, full-spectrum, energetic

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""WōV4""

Acrylic on Paper | 9.5x9.5 in

$365
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Painting titled ""PREIMP 22B"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"PREIMP 22B" - Painting, 9.5x11.5 in ©2023 by Stephen Mauldin - Abstract, abstract-570, Colorful, color, full-spectrum, energetic

Stephen Mauldin

""PREIMP 22B""

Acrylic on Paper | 9.5x11.5 in

$269
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Painting titled ""PREIMP 21C"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"PREIMP 21C" - Painting, 9.5x11.5 in ©2022 by Stephen Mauldin - Abstract, abstract-570, artwork_cat.Color, color, full-spectrum, energetic

Stephen Mauldin

""PREIMP 21C""

Acrylic on Paper | 9.5x11.5 in

$269
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Painting titled ""PREIMP 20B"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"PREIMP 20B" - Painting, 9.5x11.5 in ©2022 by Stephen Mauldin - Abstract, abstract-570, artwork_cat.Color, color, full-spectrum, energetic

Stephen Mauldin

""PREIMP 20B""

Acrylic on Paper | 9.5x11.5 in

$345
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Painting titled ""WōV2"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"WōV2" - Painting, 14x14 in ©2022 by Stephen Mauldin - Abstract, abstract-570, artwork_cat.Color, color, full-spectrum, energetic

Stephen Mauldin

""WōV2""

Acrylic on Paper | 14x14 in

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Painting titled ""Volition Nebula"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"Volition Nebula" - Painting, 42x36 in ©2007 by Stephen Mauldin - Figurative, figurative-594, Spiritual, Space, Energy, Energetic

Stephen Mauldin

""Volition Nebula""

Acrylic on Canvas | 42x36 in

$6,564
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Painting titled ""Mind Nebula"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"Mind Nebula" - Painting, 10x32 in ©2008 by Stephen Mauldin - Figurative, figurative-594, Spiritual, Space, Energy, Energetic

Stephen Mauldin

""Mind Nebula""

Acrylic on Canvas | 10x32 in

$1,915
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Painting titled ""Two Three"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"Two Three" - Painting, 31.5x20.5 in ©2010 by Stephen Mauldin - Abstract, abstract-570, Spiritual, Space, Energy, Energetic

Stephen Mauldin

""Two Three""

Acrylic on Canvas | 31.5x20.5 in

$3,315
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Painting titled ""Poles No.1"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"Poles No.1" - Painting, 14.3x31.8 in ©2013 by Stephen Mauldin - Abstract, abstract-570, Color, Full-spectrum, Energy, Energetic

Stephen Mauldin

""Poles No.1""

Acrylic on Canvas | 14.3x31.8 in

$2,251
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Painting titled ""WōV3"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"WōV3" - Painting, 9.5x9.5 in ©2022 by Stephen Mauldin - Abstract, abstract-570, Colorful, color, full-spectrum, energetic

Stephen Mauldin

""WōV3""

Acrylic on Paper | 9.5x9.5 in

$365
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Painting titled ""IMP22"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"IMP22" - Painting, 24x24 in ©2023 by Stephen Mauldin - Abstract, abstract-570, Colorful, Color, Full-spectrum, Energy, Electric

Stephen Mauldin

""IMP22""

Acrylic on Canvas | 24x24 in

$2,648
Painting titled ""PREIMP 21B"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"PREIMP 21B" - Painting, 9.5x11.5 in ©2022 by Stephen Mauldin - Abstract, abstract-570, artwork_cat.Color, color, full-spectrum, energetic

Stephen Mauldin

""PREIMP 21B""

Acrylic on Paper | 9.5x11.5 in

$269
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Painting titled ""PREIMP 20A"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"PREIMP 20A" - Painting, 9.5x11.5 in ©2022 by Stephen Mauldin - Abstract, abstract-570, artwork_cat.Color, color, full-spectrum, energetic

Stephen Mauldin

""PREIMP 20A""

Acrylic on Paper | 9.5x11.5 in

$345
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Painting titled ""PREIMP 20C"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"PREIMP 20C" - Painting, 9.5x11.5 in ©2022 by Stephen Mauldin - Abstract, abstract-570, color, full-spectrum, energetic

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""PREIMP 20C""

Acrylic on Paper | 9.5x11.5 in

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Painting titled ""Cognition Nebula"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"Cognition Nebula" - Painting, 41x36 in ©2007 by Stephen Mauldin - Figurative, figurative-594, Spiritual, Space, Energy, Energetic

Stephen Mauldin

""Cognition Nebula""

Acrylic on Canvas | 41x36 in

$6,553
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Painting titled ""Will Nebula"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"Will Nebula" - Painting, 10x36 in ©2008 by Stephen Mauldin - Figurative, figurative-594, Spiritual, Space, Energy, Energetic

Stephen Mauldin

""Will Nebula""

Acrylic on Canvas | 10x36 in

$1,927
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Painting titled ""Three One"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"Three One" - Painting, 37x26 in ©2010 by Stephen Mauldin - Abstract, abstract-570, Spiritual, Space, Energy, Energetic

Stephen Mauldin

""Three One""

Acrylic on Canvas | 37x26 in

$4,403
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Painting titled ""Poles No.2"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"Poles No.2" - Painting, 14.3x31.8 in ©2013 by Stephen Mauldin - Abstract, abstract-570, Color, Full-spectrum, Energy, Energetic

Stephen Mauldin

""Poles No.2""

Acrylic on Canvas | 14.3x31.8 in

$2,251
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Painting titled ""PREIMP 22D"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"PREIMP 22D" - Painting, 9.5x11.5 in ©2023 by Stephen Mauldin - Abstract, abstract-570, Colorful, color, full-spectrum, energetic

Stephen Mauldin

""PREIMP 22D""

Acrylic on Paper | 9.5x11.5 in

$269
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Painting titled ""PREIMP 22A"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"PREIMP 22A" - Painting, 9.5x11.5 in ©2023 by Stephen Mauldin - Abstract, abstract-570, Colorful, color, full-spectrum, energetic

Stephen Mauldin

""PREIMP 22A""

Acrylic on Paper | 9.5x11.5 in

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Painting titled ""IMP21 "" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"IMP21 " - Painting, 24x24 in ©2022 by Stephen Mauldin - Abstract, abstract-570, artwork_cat.Color, Color, Full-spectrum, Energy, Electric

Stephen Mauldin

""IMP21 ""

Acrylic on Canvas | 24x24 in

$2,649
Painting titled ""IMP20 "" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"IMP20 " - Painting, 24x24 in ©2022 by Stephen Mauldin - Abstract, abstract-570, artwork_cat.Color, color, full-spectrum, energy

Stephen Mauldin

""IMP20 ""

Acrylic on Canvas | 24x24 in

$2,649
Painting titled ""One Eight"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"One Eight" - Painting, 24.5x12 in ©2010 by Stephen Mauldin - Abstract, abstract-570, Spiritual, Space, Energy, Energetic

Stephen Mauldin

""One Eight""

Acrylic on Canvas | 24.5x12 in

$1,705
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Painting titled ""Perception Nebula"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"Perception Nebula" - Painting, 27x36 in ©2007 by Stephen Mauldin - Figurative, figurative-594, Spiritual, Space, Energy, Energetic

Stephen Mauldin

""Perception Nebula""

Acrylic on Canvas | 27x36 in

$4,403
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Painting titled ""Cradle Nebula"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"Cradle Nebula" - Painting, 10x36 in ©2008 by Stephen Mauldin - Figurative, figurative-594, Spiritual, Space, Energy, Energetic

Stephen Mauldin

""Cradle Nebula""

Acrylic on Canvas | 10x36 in

$1,927
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Painting titled ""Color Wave Study N…" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"Color Wave Study No. 1" - Painting, 12x24 in ©2013 by Stephen Mauldin - Abstract, abstract-570, Color, Full-spectrum, Energy, Energetic

Stephen Mauldin

""Color Wave Study No. 1""

Acrylic on Canvas | 12x24 in

$1,401
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Painting titled ""Poles No. 3"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"Poles No. 3" - Painting, 28.6x35.8 in ©2014 by Stephen Mauldin - Abstract, abstract-570, Color, Full-spectrum, Energy, Energetic

Stephen Mauldin

""Poles No. 3""

Acrylic on Canvas | 28.6x35.8 in

$4,415
Painting titled ""PREIMP 22C"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"PREIMP 22C" - Painting, 9.5x11.5 in ©2023 by Stephen Mauldin - Abstract, abstract-570, Colorful, color, full-spectrum, energetic

Stephen Mauldin

""PREIMP 22C""

Acrylic on Paper | 9.5x11.5 in

$269
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Painting titled ""PREIMP 21D"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"PREIMP 21D" - Painting, 9.5x11.5 in ©2022 by Stephen Mauldin - Abstract, abstract-570, artwork_cat.Color, color, full-spectrum, energetic

Stephen Mauldin

""PREIMP 21D""

Acrylic on Paper | 9.5x11.5 in

$269
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Painting titled ""PREIMP 20D"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"PREIMP 20D" - Painting, 9.5x11.5 in ©2022 by Stephen Mauldin - Abstract, abstract-570, artwork_cat.Color, color, full-spectrum, energetic

Stephen Mauldin

""PREIMP 20D""

Acrylic on Paper | 9.5x11.5 in

$345
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Painting titled ""PREIMP 21A"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"PREIMP 21A" - Painting, 9.5x11.5 in ©2022 by Stephen Mauldin - Abstract, abstract-570, color, full-spectrum, energetic

Stephen Mauldin

""PREIMP 21A""

Acrylic on Paper | 9.5x11.5 in

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Painting titled ""Two One"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"Two One" - Painting, 70x50 in ©2009 by Stephen Mauldin - Abstract, abstract-570, Spiritual, Space, Energy, Energetic

Stephen Mauldin

""Two One""

Acrylic on Canvas | 70x50 in

$15,847
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Painting titled ""Inception Nebula"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"Inception Nebula" - Painting, 17.5x36 in ©2007 by Stephen Mauldin - Figurative, figurative-594, Spiritual, Space, Energy, Energetic

Stephen Mauldin

""Inception Nebula""

Acrylic on Canvas | 17.5x36 in

$3,111
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Painting titled ""Two Two"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"Two Two" - Painting, 70x50 in ©2009 by Stephen Mauldin - Abstract, abstract-570

Stephen Mauldin

""Two Two""

Acrylic on Canvas | 70x50 in

$15,847
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Painting titled ""Color Wave Study N…" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"Color Wave Study No. 2 (Fringe)" - Painting, 14.3x24 in ©2013 by Stephen Mauldin - Abstract, abstract-570, Color, Full-spectrum, Energy, Energetic

Stephen Mauldin

""Color Wave Study No. 2 (Fringe)""

Acrylic on Canvas | 14.3x24 in

$1,718
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Painting titled ""Poles No. 4"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
"Poles No. 4" - Painting, 19.8x46.3 in ©2014 by Stephen Mauldin - Abstract, abstract-570, Color, Full-spectrum, Energy, Energetic

Stephen Mauldin

""Poles No. 4""

Acrylic on Canvas | 19.8x46.3 in

$4,576
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I started drawing at the age of about seven, got my first oil painting set at about ten and, sometime in-between, first saw an exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci’s engineering exploits.  I was sold.  I wanted to be an artist like him.  

I have made it a habit over the years to play with paint in order to learn more about what it is capable (and not capable) of doing.  This has led me to paint on glass, then transfer that paint into "paint assemblages", extrude paint from modified syringes creating webbed paintings that resemble bent, colored wire, and most recently, to sling paint from ultra-fine straight pins, at very high speed, onto canvas.  The mark created by doing this just blew me away the first time I made it.  Its defining characteristic is electric energy, but the incredibly fine nature of the mark is also striking.  It immediately struck me as the perfect visual signifier for string theory.  I decided to use the mark in the expression of the ideas I had been dealing with for years. 

Beginning around 2006, I used this mark to create images of "the universe of mind and spirit" as I envisioned it, inspired by images of the physical universe produced by the Hubble space telescope.  I worked for several years to refine these, especially the     spatial aspects, then moved on to a series of radiant "figures" set against a web inspired by the distribution of galaxies and galaxy clusters in the early universe.  (A web, I might add, that looks remarkably like the web of neurons in the brain.)  All through this period, I wondered about mixing color optically by overlapping the fine skeins produced by this mark and eventually began a series to explore the matter.  The “Poles” series began as single panels, but evolved into two panel pieces, then three panel pieces, and ultimately a four panel piece.  The series is, on one level, simply an exploration of the colors that can be mixed in this manner. On a deeper level, however, it still deals with the same issues I've always dealt with, just in a more abstract idiom. 

I am now seventeen paintings into a new series that expands on the look of the diamond-shaped panels in the last eight “Poles” pieces.  These new pieces deal with the optical mixing of color exclusively, although they suggest energy condensing into matter to me, as well.  Others have suggested they resemble “dreamcatchers”.  Ultimately, there will be twenty-four paintings in this series.  They are unstretched and have grommets on each corner to attach them to the wall.  To me, the magic of a painting is the fact that it’s just a piece of fabric with paint on it, yet it can create such magic.  I want that to be more evident in these new pieces, right down to the raw, torn fabric around the outer edges.

 


Stephen Mauldin - The artist at work

Influences

Paul Klee, Matisse, The Urantia Book

Education

1979 - 1981 Masters of Fine arts with concentration in painting and printmaking Moscow, Idaho, United States
1970 - 1974 Bachelor of Arts with a major in Art Olkahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

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Galleries & Groups

Presented by 2 Art Galleries or Groups

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery Home image Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery (Art gallery, United States)
Exhibizone Home image Exhibizone (Art gallery, Canada)

Achievements

Collective Expositions

2020 "7Th Annual Living Mark Exhibition" Portland, Oregon, United States
2018 "5Th Annual Living Mark Exhibition" Portland, Oregon, United States
2016 "3Rd Annual Abstract Catalyst Exhibition" Portland, Oregon, United States
2015 "Ethos, Pathos, Logos" Portland, Oregon, United States
2015 "Ethos" Los Angeles, California, United States
2015 "Abstract Sanctuary" Portland, Oregon, United States
2003 "18Th Annual Greater Midwest International Exhibition" Warrensburg, Missouri, United States
2000 "Human Form" Newport, Oregon, United States
2000 "Shadows 2000" Coos Bay, Oregon, United States
1999 "For And Against Tradition" Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
1999 "All Oregon Art Annual (Professional Category)" Salem, Oregon, United States
1999 The Inquisitive Object: A Biennial Review Of Northwest Art & Craft" Portland, Oregon, United States
1997 "All Oregon Art Annual (Professional Category)" Salem, Oregon, United States
1996 "Human Form" Newport, Oregon, United States
1996 "All Oregon Art Annual (Professional Category)" Salem, Oregon, United States
1996 "16Th Annual Northwest International Art Competition" Bellingham, Washington, United States
1995 "8Th National Drawing And Print Competitive Exhibition" Baltimore, Maryland, United States
1995 "The Land, (Biennial Competition)" Tacoma, Washington, United States
1994 "Human Form" Newport, Oregon, United States
1994 "All Oregon Art Annual (Professional Category)" Salem, Oregon, United States
1994 "All Oregon Art Annual (Professional Category)" Salem, Oregon, United States
1977 "Artists Of Oregon Show" Portland, Oregon, United States
1976 "18Th Annual Eight State Exhibition" Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Solo Expositions

2016 Featured Artist In Quest Magazine (Journal Of The Theosophical Society In America) Worldwide Publication, United States
2009 "Cognitive Ruminations" Portland, Oregon, United States
2006 "Icons" Portland, Oregon, United States
2000 "Intersection" Sewanee, Tennessee, United States
2000 "Shadows In Time" Baltimore, Maryland, United States
2000 "By A Factor Of +/- 2.5" Shawnee, Oklahoma, United States
1995 "New Work" Portland, Oregon, United States
1992 "Ten Years: 1981-1991" Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
1992 "Paintings" Portland, Oregon, United States
1986 "Recent Work" Seattle, Washington, United States
1984 "Processes Of Perception" Savannah, Georgia, United States
1976 "Ironing Out The Wrinkles" Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

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Painting titled ""Three Three"" by Stephen Mauldin, Original Artwork, Acrylic
©2011 Stephen Mauldin
"Three Three" - Painting, 49x40 in ©2011 by Stephen Mauldin - Abstract, abstract-570, Spiritual, Space, Energy, Energetic
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