"Stephen Mueller, a NY abstract painter, died ten days ago on Sept. 16, at the age of 63. The NY Times obit, written by Roberta Smith, describes his work as having the effect of “a jazzed-up yet serene mysticism.” I think these paintings look like stills from a video-game of enlightenment. The article goes on to say that he has been described as a Symbolist whose “work tells us that meaning is ungraspable but that we must enthusiastically search for it.... I’m sorry to discover him only after his death. May his afterlife be as delightful as the work he created during his lifetime.” http://primedmtl.tumblr.com/post/10715825600/stephen-muellers-jazzed-up-mysticism