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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Stephen Stewart
Forest Of Whispers, 2026
Acrylic and Graphite
36 x 36 x 1.5 in
$3,000
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Megan Barra
Guitar Player, 2024
Silk Composition
15.5 x 11 in
$600
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Chase Julien
The Flowers were Clipped but the Roots Remained, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
29.5 x 23.5 in
$2,400
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Bryant Benoit
Creole House One, c. 2022
Acrylic & paper on canvas
36 x 24 in
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Toby Elder
Classic Marylin, 2015
Acrylic
28 x 22 x 2 in
$600
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Brooke Hoogendoorn
#2714
mixed media on canvas
40 x 30 in
$1,675
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Doug Nehrbass
St. Martinville Oak
acrylic on canvas
24 x 30 x 1.5 in
$1,200
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Juanita Leonard
Sunny Day
Acrylic on canvas
20 x 18 in
$625
About the artist
Claire Dawkins
