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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Janie Varisco
Outside The Lines, 2026
Acrylic on Canvas
16 x 16 in
$325
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Janie Varisco
Fractured Rhythm, 2026
Acrylic on Canvas
24 x 12 in
$400
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Janie Varisco
Off Script, 2026
Acrylic on Canvas
24 x 12 in
$400
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Claire Dawkins
Yellowtops in New Iberia, 2026
oil on canvas
24 x 18 x 1.5 in
$675
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Claire Dawkins
Sulphur Cosmos in the Basin, 2026
oil on canvas
12 x 12 x 1.5 in
$225
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Claire Dawkins
Morning Dew at Frenchtown, 2026
oil on canvas
11 x 14 x 1 in
$240
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Claire Dawkins
Lotus Field at Cameron Prairie, 2026
oil on canvas
30 x 24 x 1.5 in
$1,125
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Claire Dawkins
Christmas Camellias, 2026
oil on canvas
12 x 12 x 1.5 in
$225
About the artist
Claire Dawkins
