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Klaire Lockheart

@klairelockheart.bsky.social

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Klaire Lockheart uses oil paint, fabric, and her snarky sense of humor to create badass artwork to challenge traditional gender roles. https://www.klairelockheart.com/

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Klaire Lockheart @klairelockheart.bsky.social · 6h

Thank you!

Klaire Lockheart @klairelockheart.bsky.social · 15h

Yes!

Klaire Lockheart @klairelockheart.bsky.social · 17h

Are there any other artists lamenting the lack of outlandish and generous patrons?

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#wheresmymedici #paintingreveal #gameshow #omaha #artauction

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Klaire Lockheart @klairelockheart.bsky.social · 17h

Tee-hee! It makes me happy that you get my sense of humor!

Klaire Lockheart @klairelockheart.bsky.social · 17h

Thank you! This painting is part of a larger series of brodaliques that I named after all those odalisques from classic paintings. I'm glad you see my art history references!

Klaire Lockheart @klairelockheart.bsky.social · 17h

Many thanks! Chloe Gallery in San Fransisco currently has two of my paintings, but I would love an excuse to bring more work to California!

Klaire Lockheart @klairelockheart.bsky.social · 17h

Thank you! I do enjoy traveling to exhibit my work, so I'll have to see if the Carnegie Museum of Art accepts submissions or has any open calls.

Klaire Lockheart @klairelockheart.bsky.social · 17h

Thank you!

Klaire Lockheart @klairelockheart.bsky.social · 17h

I'm sorry you'll miss it too! (You'll have to let me know what art centers in your area might be a good fit for my work so I have an excuse to exhibit in eastern Iowa.)

Klaire Lockheart @klairelockheart.bsky.social · 17h

Thank you! Yes, this is part of a series of brodalisques, which you can see on my website here: www.klairelockheart.com/brodalisques...

Brodalisques

Klaire Lockheart paints dudes in man caves. In scholarly terms: she creates detailed oil on canvas figure paintings of passive masculine forms lounging in mysterious and unknowable environments, purpo...

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Klaire Lockheart @klairelockheart.bsky.social · 18h

Thank you! I attended the opening reception, and it was lovely!

Klaire Lockheart @klairelockheart.bsky.social · 1d

I would love it if you stopped by the Sioux City Art Center to see my new painting! It’s part of the Local Perspectives exhibition, and you can see it at 225 Nebraska Street, Sioux City, Iowa now until February 8th, 2026.

#Brodalisque #Aeschylus #SiouxCityArtCenter #OilPainting #art

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Klaire Lockheart @klairelockheart.bsky.social · 2d

Indeed!

Klaire Lockheart @klairelockheart.bsky.social · 2d

Oh yeah!

Klaire Lockheart @klairelockheart.bsky.social · 3d

Poor Steve is simply dead tired and needs more caffeine.

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Klaire Lockheart @klairelockheart.bsky.social · 3d

When you check out my painting at the Sioux City Art Center in Iowa, impress your friends by telling them about the symbolism in this painting when you point out Aeschylus, the turtle, and the eagle!

#Brodalisque #Aeschylus #SiouxCityArtCenter #WheresMyMedici #localperspectives2025