FHU Senior Art Exhibit "Finding Abstraction" Features Bright Colors, Clean Lines, NYC Show Feel

It all started with a doodle. Freed-Hardeman University senior graphic design major Anna Marie Wyatt sketched on the sides of her notebook all of the time, but never took it seriously. She does now, though. Wyatt's doodles are displayed in her capstone project, "Finding Abstraction," which opened for a week at The Troy Plunk Art Gallery in the FHU Bulliner-Clayton Visual Arts Center.

Wyatt thanked a crowd of supporters who gathered for her opening night reception Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, and shared with them that she felt like a real artist. "Abstract art is something that I enjoy and something that doesn't create more stress for me to make," Wyatt said.

Each piece in "Finding Abstraction" has a name that sounds like a tasty summer beverage but is also a reflection of her penchant for her use of bright, punchy colors. Her first sketches were drawn with colored pencil. "Raspberry Lemonade," "Strawberry Lemonade," "Lemon Lime" and "Hawaiian Punch" are roughly the size of a family-portrait and framed on the gallery's wall.