For her wooden wall art, she cut many different sizes of right-angle triangles with her trusty miter saw from scrap lumber, in this case, fence boards. She stained or painted each triangle and then, assembled them into larger squares. To many, these pieces resemble quilter’s blocks. These geometric designs are a wonderful representation of math at work in art. Early in the project, Mauritsen measured triangle legs and calculated the hypotenuse of each triangle so the pieces would fit together tightly.

Her paintings and drawings are landscapes or feature natural elements. The landscape paintings take a playful twist on audience expectations because they are based off satellite images of the land below. Mauritsen focuses on making abstract views of the contours of the surrounding hills and dusty oil field roads.

When she is not building or creating, Mauritsen can be found reading, writing, doing a bit of travelling, and staying active in her church, Catalyst.