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Private oil‑painting lessons at age eight set Stallings on his artistic path. While attending City University in London, he spent countless hours studying the great works in the museums of London and Paris.

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After graduation, he embarked on a two‑year backpacking journey that included a year in the Grand Canyon region and ended in Denali National Park, Alaska. From there he flew to Maui with only a backpack and a duffle bag, beginning his professional career.

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His early paintings hung in Maui restaurants and sold quickly, leading to gallery exhibitions and eventually the opening of his own gallery in Lahaina. He built lasting friendships with collectors from every U.S. state and around the world.

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Throughout his career, Stallings has explored the relationship between music and pure color. His curiosity about vibration, energy, and sound led him to paint live on stage with the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, the symphonies of San Diego, Honolulu, and Maui, and during rehearsals with the Russian National Orchestra in Yountville, California.

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Painting music as visual art became a defining moment in his creative life. He continues to investigate the harmony between sound and color and their uplifting effects on the human spirit, collaborating with scientists, physicists, conductors, and musicians on the physics and mathematics of musical vibration.

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Having created and sold more than two thousand original works, Stallings continues to explore pure vibrations of music, energy, and color, always pushing the boundaries of his creativity.

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