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Artist Statement:
My training in art has focused
on traditional intaglio
printmaking. In 1958 while a
student, the art department
sponsored an exhibition of
collographs by artist Glen
Alps, inventor of the process.
They were paper and cloth
collages that were inked and
printed as an intaglio plate.
Part of the excitement, was
the imposition of a variety of
textures embossed into the
paper print. Eventually the
entire art department
experimented with this new
process.
Experimentation with different
print technologies and
processes became a part of my
printmaking history. For many
years I have tried to
incorporate video, computer
and other technologies into
generally abstract and
non-objective images. Through
the years, the underlying
themes of all works have been
structure and textures from
nature influenced by my
interests in building
construction and collage.
These have been a hallmark of
most of my work. I had access
to several computer platforms
and used them to create
patterns and textures, which
were then transferred to
photo-etched metal plates.
With the advent of color
ink-jet printers, I began a
modest move toward
computer-generated art printed
on paper.
The technology and materials
then were very primitive, so I
continued to experiment, and
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Artist Exhibitions:
Under Pressure: Arkansas
Printmakers Show, Arkansas
Artist’s Registry, Little
Rock, AR
A Printmakers Collection,
David E. And Vivian Bernard
Collection, Wichita Art
Museum, Wichita, KS
Arkansas Small Works on Paper,
Arkansas Artist’ Registry,
Little Rock, AR
34th Annual Art Exhibit, Fort
Smith Art Center, Fort Smith,
AR
Pattern: New ...
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
Tennessee Tech University,
Cookville, TN
Tamarind Institute, University
of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
The Print Consortium, St.
Joseph MO
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita,
KS
Sioux City Art Center, Sioux
City, IA
South Dakota Art Museum,
Brookings, SD
Southern Graphics Council,
Statesboro, GA
University of North Dakota,
Wichita, State University,
Wichita ...
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Commissions:
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Steven Mayes Biography:
| Biographical information for Steven Mayes can be found below. The artist may choose what information to display. Sometimes the artist chooses not to display personal information to the general public. |
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Age
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71
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
2
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| Religion |
Atheist |
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| Education |
Masters of Fine Arts |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
cycling, construction, art |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Photography Other
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Constructivism - (1913 - 1930)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Ingres
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| Favorite Work of Art |
Madame Recamier
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
Professor David Bernard at Wichita State University and working in construction during summer vacations with my father. Also an early interest in drawing and building things from wood and metal. |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
I was always drawing and building things from wood as a child and young adult and realized, art as a university major was one way I could continue following that passion and make a living as an art teacher. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Steven Mayes was born November 7, 1939 in Glendale California to Alma L. Swenson and Wayne L. Mayes. The family lived for eight or nine more years in Los Angeles, before moving to Wichita Kansas, which was more centrally located to Wayne Mayes’ construction jobs.
The family traveled during the summers to the various job/construction sites. Steven would later work for his father during his high school and college years. The structure of the wooden cooling towers made a great impression on Steven. Those experiences along with the availability of construction materials at home gave him the opportunity to construct many play-structures, wooden go-karts with gasoline engines and a two level tree/play house were some of his projects. Even during his earliest years he envisioned building an airplane using an orange crate and a spring from a window shade.
As a sophomore in college, he tried three art courses and found his direction. He completed the BFA and BAE degrees in 1963 and completed an MFA degree in 1965 at Wichita State University.
Construction and problem solving have motivated Steve’s activities since those childhood experiences. His life has been infused with these elements as educator, administrator, printmaker and computer artist.
In 1965 he married Pam Shelden, also an artist and in 1966 Steven took an art position at Southern State College in Springfield, SD. He and Pam had two children before moving to Brookings, SD in 1971. In 2002 he retired from Arkansas State University moving to Colorado with Pam, where they lived for three and one-half years. They now live in Amarillo, TX.
His curiosity and abilities to build led to traveling to four locations during his thirty-six year career. Steve’s energies were expanded to building programs: an art gallery at Southern State College; an MFA Degree at WTAMU; developed a unique art appreciation course for Arkansas State University Honors students; and provided computer design expertise as art director and web master for the Arkansas Review.
Steven has made and exhibited his art for forty-seven years. His works are in several public and private collections across the U.S. |
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