[2] Though her older sister lived with her maternal grandparents Sada and Fred Beck,[3][4] who were of Welch ancestry,[5] Jane traveled with her parents, while her father sought work as a plumber.

[7] She won the watercolor category prize in 1976 at the Scottsdale National Indian Art Show[10] and in 1978, she was honored with the Jerome Tiger Award of the Five Civilized Tribes Museum.

[10] In 1985, Mauldin participated along with her sister Valjean and Mary Adair (Cherokee), Jean Bales (Iowa), Joan Brown (Cherokee), Sharron Ahtone Harjo (Kiowa), Ruthe Blalock Jones (Delaware-Shawnee-Peoria), and Virginia Stroud (Keetoowah Band Cherokee-Muscogee Creek) in the Daughters of the Earth exhibit which traveled for three years (1985–1988), touring in the United States and Europe.

[11] She was one of the featured artists at the 1990 Native American Fair hosted in Oklahoma City[12] and also exhibited at the Red Earth Festival, winning 2nd place in drawing.

[16][17] In 2000, her work was selected for the all-women American Indian Women Art and Soul exhibition held at the Red Earth Museum in Oklahoma City.