Karaus is a graduate of the respected DAAP program of the University of Cincinnati, but her artistic training began years before any formal study. As the daughter of a passionate artist, she was raised with an intrinsic appreciation and understanding of art. A devotee to plein air school of artistic thinking, Karaus first began her career as an artist in watercolors, a form she was drawn to from the teachings of Robert James Foose of the University of Kentucky.

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