Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọ laghachiri Utah na 1896 ebe o guzobere ụlọ ọrụ ma jee ozi dị ka odeakwụkwọ mbụ nke Society of Utah Artists. Ka o sina dị, o mechara kwaga San Francisco. E bibiri ebe ọ na-arụ ọrụ na ihe osise ya ndị ruru $80,000 n'oké ifufe ahụ.
Ala ọma jijiji nke 1906, mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, ọ kwagara ọrụ ya na Los Angeles. Site na 1909 ruo 1919 Clawson rụrụ ọrụ nka na New York City ma mesịa laghachi na Los Angeles na afọ na-eso ya. Na Los Angeles, Clawson na-ese foto nke kpakpando ihe nkiri na ihe nkiri, nke na-esite na New York City.