Claire was born and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana; from a young age, she was exposed to the fine arts through her mother, Christel Dawkins, who has an MFA in painting from LSU and who oil paints en plein air. Claire’s primary professional interests are in literature, but she took elective classes in art and art history through middle school into her undergraduate coursework at LSU. Claire left Louisiana for California to go to graduate school in English literature and to teach. While in California she cultivated an interest in hiking and nature photography. During the pandemic, she and her family moved back to Louisiana, and she continues to work remotely as an English instructor for Stanford University Online High School. She regularly hikes in Louisiana; as a painter, she works in oils, referencing her photographs from these hikes.
Additional Artworks
From BARE Walls
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Ji Daily
Eight Years, 2026
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 24 in
$1,000
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Anna Teer
Liminal Fae, 2025
Acrylic on canvas
10 x 8 in
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Kristie Spotswood
Critical Junction, 2024
Acrylic on wood, bronze
14 x 10 in
$400
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Deana Evstefeeva
Rear View Mirror, c. 2020
Oil on Baltic birch panel
16 x 24 in
$950
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Brittney Pelloquin
Who Sees You, 2017
Digital Print of Body Paint
24 x 30 x 1.5 in
$525
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Karen deClouet
Little Red, c. 2015
Acrylic on Panel
12 x 12 in
$850
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John Hathorn
Cardinalis Study: A Descent (On Rubens), 2011
Oil, conté, handmade paper, metal, cord on gessoed paper
37.125 x 29.125 in
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Myra Winters
Plantation Home, St. Martinville
Oil paint
17 x 21 in
$800
About the artist
Claire Dawkins
