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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Lindsey Jenneman
Shells in Motion, 2026
Stretched Canvas Print
24 x 12 in
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Trudie Wolking
Where Paths Whisper, 2025
Encaustic and Mixed Media on Cradled Board
16 x 16 x 1 in
$300
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Herb Roe
La Bête du Gueydan, 2024
Oil Paint
40 x 30 in
$1,200
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Bach Prados
Hinckley Halloween, 2024
Photography
19.5 x 25.75 x 3.25 in
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Bach Prados
Magic Window #1, 2024
Photography
34.25 x 35.75 x 1.75 in
$500
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Susan David
They Do Not Always Remember, 2020
silkscreen on Pescia Grey
14 x 11 in
$250
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Julie Breaux
Summer Wildflowers
Acrylic on Canvas
60 x 48 in
$4,500
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Kaylin Anderson
Fruit Salad
Colored Pencil
14 x 14 in
$500
About the artist
Claire Dawkins
