Limelight

	Caroline Wang is a NASA engineer and researcher. She also has a passion for art. She studied art at the University of Minnesota and received a master's degree in mathematics from the University of Wisconsin. By combining these two disciplines, she believes any successful product requires creativity; the best design comes from both knowledge and creativity.
Therefore, art makes a good foundation for any engineer, scientist, or other professional. Watercolor is Caroline's favorite medium. She started painting when she was 5-years-old. She won numerous art awards as a child in Taipei, Taiwan.
	She received the 2005 Exhibit South "Best in Show" at the Tennessee Valley show. She has been invited to do one person exhibits in several major cities including Huntsville, Birmingham, Atlanta, Memphis and Decatur during the last four years. Her unique painting style combines Asian watercolor techniques with Western visual and thematic perspective.
Caroline Wang has been working with a fresh mindset when it comes to blending Asian and Western artistic traditions. She incorporates the beauty of the simplicity in Asian art and the feeling of freedom in Western art. She teaches others how to apply those techniques to their work.
	Caroline employs traditional Asian techniques – such as minimal brush work and calligraphy strokes –with freedom of design and the usage of different materials, synthesizing artistic tradition from both Asian and the West. She may apply watercolor, ink or acrylic onto materials such as silk, linen, rice paper, watercolor paper or watercolor board.
The resulting paintings contain energy, excitement, and balance with harmony and peace. The challenge in Asian art is the brush stroke and the design composition, while the challenge in Western art is the creativity and the use of material.
	Caroline Wang feels that the most challenging thing of all in painting is to capture the “Expression”, as it is the soul of art work. A beautiful art work will not come alive until the artist adds expression into it. This exhibit emphasizes the expression in people, animals, and birds.
She noticed that children from different parts of the world have different expressions. American children tend to have more confidence than others, because they are freer and have less fear. Some animals are more aggressive than others so that they can survive.
	Caroline Wang has a specific interest in learning how birds behave; she has done a lot of research on Ostriches, Swans, and Cranes. They are more aggressive birds than other birds. In her exhibit, she will display these differences in her paintings.
Caroline Wang believes that artists have a gift to see and capture things that other people may not see. The beauty of painting is to show people what is in the artist’s mind and eyes.