Steve Mayse
Book layout and design

Steve Mayse is a visual artist with more than 30 years of experience as a professor in the Kansas City Art Institute and as a designer. Mayse worked on the layout and design of a book. In the past, Steve has worked on a series of artworks inspired on stories told by his mother. Now, he proposes to put together in a book those works together with the written stories and pictures.

STATEMENT

My work is a synthesis of an idea, a concept, or a story with the found material appropriately chosen and designed to communicate an idea, concept or story for print or for fine art. In my pieces are wired electrical lights to help create an emphasis. These create a dimension and a center of interest necessary to make a difference. Because my work is dimensional, for print, I take great care to use a professional photographer to give me the best results on film for color separation and quality results. As fine art, my work is personal, expressive and unique.

Get to know more about Steve’s work at KCAI through this video