Klaire Lockheart
@klairelockheart
Klaire Lockheart uses oil paint, fabric, and her snarky sense of humor to create badass artwork to challenge traditional gender roles.
I had to drive all the way from South Dakota to Louisiana to visit my awesome models to make this painting, and now this artwork is headed to Colorado! (It’s going to the William Havu Gallery in Denver in September.) #brodalisque #williamhavugallery #contemporaryart #oiloncanvas #artwork
Allow me to reveal an inside joke regarding the symbolism of khaki pants in my work… #brodalisque #havugalleryartist #khakis #iconography #art
I’m pleased to share some of the ways that you can see my art! #brodalisque #williamhavugallery #contemporaryart #denver #painting
How do you clean up after a long day at work? #OilPainting #PaintingPalette #artstudio #arttips #paint
Here’s another work from our post-apocalyptic series. Klaire Lockheart and Aaron C Packard, Little Parthenon on the Prairie. Archival Pigment Print. 2022. 30x24”. #thunderdomesticity #aaroncpackard #farm #feralhousewife #postapocalypse
The Thunderdomesticity series is essentially June Cleaver in the Mad Max universe. Klaire Lockheart and Aaron C Packard, Fork Around and Find Out. Archival Pigment Print. 2024. 36x24”. #thunderdomesticity #aaroncpackard #madmax #fork #sunsetphotography
These post-apocalyptic photoshoots are a blast! Klaire Lockheart and Aaron C Packard, Since the Dawn of Time. Archival Pigment Print. 2024. 24x36”. #thunderdomesticity #dinosaurpark #aaroncpackard #feralhousewife #dystopia
I can’t believe I haven’t shared this epic photo from our Thunderdomesticity series yet! Klaire Lockheart and Aaron C Packard, Artemis Understood. Archival Pigment Print. 2025. 36x24”. #thunderdomesticity #artemis #aaroncpackard #grasslands #southdakotaphotography
I was thrilled to bring together so many incredible models together for this photoshoot! Klaire Lockheart and Aaron C Packard, Night Watch with Maenads. Archival Pigment Print. 2025. 24x36”. #thunderdomesticity #aaroncpackard #maenads #wasteland #vermillionsd
I’m lucky because I get to collaborate with so many amazing people as part of the Thunderdomesticity series! Klaire Lockheart and Aaron C Packard, Crossing the Threshold. Archival Pigment Print. 2026. 34x36”. #thunderdomesticity #springboardforthearts #aaroncpackard #postapocalypticart #Art
Boom! Klaire Lockheart and Aaron C Packard, The Kindly Ones. Archival Pigment Print. 2026. 36x24”. #thunderdomesticity #springboardforthearts #fergusfalls #dystopia #aaroncpackard
What did you think of my guest spot on the Gals Guide Podcast? galsguide.org/2026/06/15/a... #galsguide #artemisia #podcast #history #artist Photo by Aaron C Packard.
I’m always delighted to speak with Leah, Katie, and Bonnie on the Gals Guide Podcast! Check out the episode titled “Artemisia Gentileschi”to hear me share about my favorite Baroque artist. galsguide.org/2026/06/15/a... #galsguide #ArtemisiaGentileschi #ArtHistory #librarycard #podcast
Check out the America in Art exhibition at the South Dakota Art Museum. You might recognize a few artists, such as Andy Warhol, Elizabeth Catlett, Oscar Howe… and me! #andywarhol #americanartists #brodalisque #southdakotaart #artmuseum
Eek! My gorgeous model and I saw my work at the South Dakota Art Museum! The America in Art exhibition opens June 13th. #klaireandaaron #brodalisque #SouthDakotaArtMuseum #art #museumselfie
Brodalisque of Urbino will be in the America in Art exhibition at the South Dakota Art Museum! The show opens June 13th. #brodalisque #SouthDakotaArtMuseum #OilPainting #deadpool #art
You can see Brodalisque of Urbino at the South Dakota Art Museum as part of the America in Art exhibition, June 13, 2026-January 2, 2027. #brodalisque #klairelockheart #venus #SouthDakotaArtMuseum #artwork
For thousands of years, artists have been depicting Venus. This is my interpretation… #brodalisque #venus #venuspudica #oilpainting #Renaissance
The Asking for It art exhibition is headed to Tugboat Gallery, 116 N 14th St, Lincoln, NE. Two of the photographs Aaron C Packard and I made will be there June 5-27. The opening reception is 5-7 pm on June 5th. #thunderdomesticity #aaroncpackard #tugboatgallery #art #dystopia
Oh no! The dakotaraptor nabbed a baby triceratops, and the “do not touch” signs prevent me from intervening! (I’ve been traveling for work, but I was excited to visit Everything Prehistoric and the Museum at BHIGR.) #dakotaraptor #triceratops #everythingprehistoric #dinosaurs #fossils
Don’t mind me as I drop off some mail for my amazing friends who are part of the Unaccredited College of Klaire at Patreon… www.patreon.com/klairelockhe... #unaccreditedcollegeofklaire #mailbox #mail #hifromsd #artist
If you added Brodalisque of Urbino to your art collection, where would you hang it? #brodalisque #ArtCollection #FigurePainting #contemporaryart #Art
Who’s an artist you’ve referenced within your work? #brodalisque #titian #venusofurbino #parody #art
Brodalisque of Urbino has previously been exhibited at the Washington Pavilion, Gallery 110, Metropolitan Community College, Norfolk Arts Center, and it’s about to be shown at the South Dakota Art Museum! #brodalisque #figurativeart #zardoz #venusofurbino #art
Brodalisque of Urbino is one of my paintings from my series of dudes in man caves. After introducing this oil painting, I explain the details and why the model is posed like Titian’s Venus of Urbino. #brodalisque #klairelockheart #venusofurbino #OilPainting #contemporaryart
Here’s a not-too-subtle clue regarding what I recently delivered to the South Dakota Art Museum. #brodalisque #southdakota #SouthDakotaArtMuseum #mancave #contemporaryart
Aaron and I visited the South Dakota Art Museum today! Can you guess what I dropped off? #SouthDakotaArtMuseum #sodak #SouthDakotaArtist #museum #museumselfie
If you need a little encouragement before you apply for your next grant, find me at the Unaccredited College of Klaire at Patreon and we’ll read Jackson Pollock’s Guggenheim Fellowship proposal together. #UnaccreditedCollegeofKlaire #GrantWriting #GuggenheimFellowship #JacksonPollock #ArtHistory
Applying for grants can be intimidating, but I want to help you feel more confident in your writing by sharing an example of a grant proposal written by a famous artist. Join me at UCK to watch “Grant Writing Encouragement.” #UnaccreditedCollegeofKlaire #Grants #Guggenheim #JacksonPollock #Art