Artists Statement:

Stephanie M Vaughan is a contemporary artist whose work explores psychology, identity and the relationship between culture and personal experience. Inspired by a lifelong curiosity about what it means to be human, her practice examines how social narratives shape ideas of gender, Self and emotional expression.
Working through an intuitive and experimental process, Vaughan uses color to create emotional atmosphere while abstract forms suggest shifting ideas of identity and awareness. She works in mixed media, often incorporating materials such as oil pastels, acrylics, topographic maps, wood and wire.
Her work invites viewers to pause, reflect and encounter something both familiar and quietly emotional within themselves as she continues her pursuit of mastering the human Self through art.

Contact Stephanie about current pieces for sale or showings 281.909.7524 - stephanie@designdwellinteriors.com
or check out @stephanie_v_gallerie on Instagram and www.artbystephanie.com

“Her practice is structured around honoring lived experience and transmitting the wisdom that emerges from it. The creative process unfolds as an ongoing dialogue between interior and exterior worlds, with each artwork functioning as a visual resonance of that exchange. Often painting before fully naming what she feels, Vaughan explores the tension between control and surrender, aiming to awaken in the viewer an ancient, quiet, yet latent emotion; a familiar but unacknowledged interior terrain.” - Erhan Us/ArtRKL

Grateful to be featured in ArtRKL’s review of the 2026 Startup Art Fair in Venice Beach.
The article discusses themes in my work including intuition, gender symbolism, and the use of the Barbie figure to question social expectations placed on women.
Thank you to writer Erhan Us for such thoughtful engagement with the work.
Check out the article here