Maui, Hawaiʻi · Sea level to 10,023 ft
Stephen John Sullivan
Painter · Photographer · Filmmaker
Island-made art
Everything starts with the ocean
For more than twenty years Maui has been Stephen’s studio. He paints bold, mosaic-style originals on fully recycled canvas, photographs the island from the shorebreak to the rainforest, and brings a career behind broadcast and film cameras to every project he shoots.
Originals
Paintings
One-of-a-kind works on recycled canvas — waves, reef life, and island flora in vivid, stained-glass color.
Photography
Ocean & Island
Sunrises, shorebreak, rainforest, and the flowers in between, captured across Maui.
Film & Video
Behind the Camera
Director of photography and camera operator with decades in broadcast television and film.
Available originals
Featured Paintings
10,023 ft → sea level
From Haleakalā to the shorebreak
Stephen took his first photograph at eight years old and has been chasing light ever since — from art school in Hartford and Philadelphia, to live sports broadcasts and years on Trading Spaces, to Director of Photography for Paradise Television on Maui. A surfer for more than twenty-five years, he keeps the ocean at the center of everything he makes.
Looking for a piece — or a shooter?
Ask about an original painting, a print, or a photo or video project on Maui.