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Fine art major Caroline Lawson’s artwork has been displayed in the Wright State Stein Galleries, at ArtsGala and the Dayton Visual Arts Center. (Photos by Erin Pence)<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s late. Caroline Lawson is with her music and her paints. As she brush-strokes paint to canvas, she is in a world of her own. There is nothing else.<\/p>\n

\u201cI for sure lose myself when I\u2019m painting. That\u2019s the best part about it,\u201d said Lawson, a senior at Wright State University majoring in fine art with concentrations in painting and photography<\/a>. \u201cI put my music on, I shut the door, I get my paints out and just get lost. I literally don\u2019t even know where I am.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Lawson enrolled at Wright State, she declared business as her major. But painting was an irresistible force. She took one painting class and put business in her rearview mirror.<\/p>\n

Lawson\u2019s art has since been displayed in Wright State\u2019s Stein Galleries<\/a>, at the university\u2019s annual ArtsGala and at the Dayton Visual Arts Center, where she was invited to participate in The Cline Show featuring the best art of students at area universities. Lawson was even invited to speak at the opening of the event and saw it as a glimpse into what her future may be like.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was really an amazing experience,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Lawson grew up in rural Miami County just outside Tipp City.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy interest in art started when I was really young,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen I was a kid, I loved to color. And I used to go on summer camps for watercolor painting. I didn\u2019t realize it was something I could go to school for.\u201d<\/p>\n

After graduating from Bethel High School, Lawson enrolled at Wright State, attracted by its affordability and short commuting distance. It didn\u2019t take her long to discover the university\u2019s fine art program. She was immediately impressed with the quality of the faculty and the individual attention she received.<\/p>\n

\u201cWright State has an absolutely amazing art program,\u201d she said. \u201cThe resources are fantastic. The studio spaces are fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n

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After graduating Caroline Lawson may teach art in high school or the college level, or even try her hand at something new like sculpture.<\/p><\/div>\n

Lawson learned to paint still-life from objects set up on tables. She painted landscapes and then advanced to painting human models.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most challenging thing for me in painting is figuring out what\u2019s working and what\u2019s not working. It\u2019s really a complicated thing,\u201d she said. \u201cReally the only way to answer that is to look at other artists that have been successful. So I will go to the library and look at different artists and see how they overcame the challenges that I\u2019m facing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also challenging is determining when a painting is finished. She once spent nearly 60 hours on one painting.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can remember those hours feeling I was figuring things out,\u201d she recalled. \u201cIt\u2019s not so much how it looks as what I knew I went through to get to that point.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lawson said photography is a special art form because of the way light is used in different ways to evoke different moods.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery time I look at a photograph, I think about all of the other photographs that led me to that picture, all of the hours in the darkroom and digital lab, editing it to perfection,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Lawson sees a couple different career paths for herself \u2014 teaching art in high school or getting her master\u2019s degree and teaching art at the college level. She is also toying with the idea of becoming certified in welding and using that skill to make sculptures.<\/p>\n

Lawson said her four years at Wright State have enabled her to mature as an artist.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I\u2019m ready to be a professional artist on my own,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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