 In 1955, she married Corwin Bobby Mauldin with whom she would have four children, Mark Corwin, Lisa Carol, Jerald Clay and Steven Carl, over the next five years.In 1963, Mauldin began exhibiting her paintings, produced at night after her full work day, in art shows.Unlike her sister whose works were in the traditional Bacone flatstyle, Mauldin worked in various styles using a variety of media like acrylic, collage, ink, pencil, oil, and watercolor.