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Klaire Lockheart
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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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What’s the most fun you’ve had at an art fundraiser?

#fallenfruit #bemisbenefit #polaroid #omaha #aaroncpackard
A snapshot of a couple pretending to be serious while posing on the violet pedestal perched on a blue plinth within the floral overload installation by Fallen Fruit at the Bemis. This Polaroid photograph recorded Klaire Lockheart wearing a black satin jacket gesturing wildly toward the very handsome Aaron C Packard sporting a red velvet jacket within the flowery Fallen Fruit installation at the Bemis.
November 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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I almost forgot to mention how much fun Aaron and I had at the Bemis Benefit auction!

#fallenfruit #bemisbenefit #polaroid #omaha #aaroncpackard
November 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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I cannot tell you how excited I am to have my artwork at the William Havu Gallery!

#williamhavugallery #havugalleryartist #denver #artist
Within a contemporary art gallery, William Havu, Sharon Havu, Klaire Lockheart, and Emma Powell strike celebratory poses whilst in front of a couple brodalisque paintings.
November 16, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Allow me to introduce you to the concept of the Selfie Paradox: the more fun I’m having, the worse my selfies get.

#klaireandaaron #meowwolf #denverartmuseum #untitled10 #siouxcityartcenter
Bathed in magenta light, a pair of artists peek into the bottom edge of a mediocre selfie taken before a designed organic mass at Meow Wolf Convergence Station. At the Denver Art Museum, an art enthusiast snaps a selfie that includes the top half of her head as her husband’s face appears along the left edge. They’re in front of a sculpture of a large broom and dust bin created Coosje van Bruggen and Claes Oldenburg. The president of the Aaron of the Aaron C Packard fan club sneaks in the left side of this selfie taken with the photographer himself, who apprehensively poses on the right side of the photo. A large resin hyperphotomontage created by Packard hangs from the ceiling at this Untitled.10 exhibition. On a day too sunny for selfies, a determined person squints into the frame on the left side. Over her left shoulder, another brave soul stands outside of the Sioux City Art Center.
November 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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I definitely have fallen behind on sharing some of our adventures this year!

#klaireandaaron #brodalisque #vermcult #bestpartyanywhere #dinosaurpark
Painter Klaire Lockheart managed to create the two large detailed oil paintings hanging on white gallery walls but somehow cannot take a decent selfie. The artist appears in the lower left corner while her handsome husband, wearing a black cap, is shown in the lower right corner. In this selfie, a doofus with braids peeks into the left side as a man in a black coat steps in frame on the right. The couple flanks a woven work of art by Phyllis W. Packard at the Coyote Gallery. Before a hazy cloud generated from unseen burnout tires at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip, a person with terrible allergies takes a selfie, which documents herself in the lower right quadrant wearing a black mask. The left corner includes a bewildered/be-hatted photographer clutching his camera. This selfie was taken by the person cowering in the lower right corner, and it includes her suave husband’s face in the bottom left corner. The humans were at Dinosaur Park, which includes a green and white cement sauropod at the top of the hill along with a creative interpretation of a Tyrannosaurus rex.
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Here are a few bad selfies with my favorite photographer from this year!

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#washingtonpavilion #fotolabno7 #bemiscenter #norseartspace #klaireandaaron
A doofus takes a selfie that includes half of her face on the left side of the frame, her handsome husband squinting in the sun as his transition lenses darken, and a triceratops sculpture in the background at the Washington Pavilion. Overshadowed by her hair barely contained within a red bandana, the top half of Klaire Lockheart’s head peeks into the lower left corner of this selfie, which features the concerned looking Aaron C Packard. Behind the couple is the Thunderdomesticity: Witness Me art installation of art prints wheat-pasted to the exterior orange wall at Fotolab No.7. Under a gray cloudy sky and before the exterior the Bemis Center’s brick building, an artist snaps a selfie that only includes the top portion of her head in the lower right corner along along with a sliver of a profile of a photographer. Within the crowded Norse Art Space, an art enthusiast barely makes it into her own selfie by only appearing in the lower left corner, but her suave companion is featured in the lower center of the frame.
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Here’s some evidence that I should stick to painting because photography is not my thing! I took these photos at my Subdued Dudes art reception with a borrowed Holga camera on actual film.

#believeinfilm #holgacamera #notaphotographer #fotolabno7
A selfie of an artist and her favorite model taken with the blue flash on an old Holga medium format camera. A group photo of five amazing models hamming it up for a grainy photo in front of a large oil painting of them hanging on the white wall in the background. A pair of friends clinking their tiny art reception cups together in a crowded art gallery. In this inadequately lit photo, five models stand in a row within an art gallery full of paintings bearing their likenesses.
November 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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I’m pleased to announce that the South Dakota Arts Council awarded me an Artist Fellowship!

Photo by Aaron C Packard.

#southdakotaartist #southdakotaartscouncil #artist #painter
South Dakota artist Klaire Lockheart sits in her studio with her arms crossed; she’s near a cart full of paint brushes and art supplies, and she’s surrounded by large oil paintings depicting dudes in man caves.
November 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Did you spot me in South Dakota Magazine?

#southdakotamagazine #hifromsd #sodak #brodalisque #artist
November 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Aaron and I had a few old disposable cameras available for our friends to use at our Halloween party. We had fun, but it appears as though some of the film was haunted! (Thanks to Aaron for developing this film at Fotolab No.7.)

#fotolabno7 #hauntedfilm #spiritphotography #halloween #believeinfilm
This 4x6” photograph of a person wearing a skeleton onesie sitting in an outdoor camping chair is overlapped by a surprise image of a closeup skeleton This selfie, taken with an expired disposable camera, documents a couple wearing matching skeleton outfits and odd expressions as they flank a plastic bird skeleton in front of a painting titled Judith Beheading Holofernes. Another selfie, taken with an old disposable camera, documents a couple in skeleton costumes making goofy faces as they pose within a dark dining room.
October 31, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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“Orange” you glad it’s almost Halloween?

#OrangeYouGladIDidntSayBanana #brodalisque #orange #halloween #artstudio
A contemporary figure painter does her best impression of a dapper guy while wearing bright orange suite while posing in front of a large oil painting title Subdued Dudes in Loud Suits within a Midwestern art studio.
October 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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I put together a little lecture on how to write an artist statement for the Unaccredited College of Klaire. The full video is called “Artist Statement Guidance.”

#unaccreditedcollegeofklaire #artiststatement #artschool #artists

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October 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Did I buy this orange suit for Halloween or because I got jealous of my bros?

#brodalisque #FigurePainting #contemporaryartist #orangesuit #halloween
October 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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I see you shiver with antici... pation, but will I see you at the 50th anniversary of the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Coyote Twin movie theater on Halloween? Make sure to get your ticket before you make the trip to Vermillion: coyotetwin.com

#rockyhorrorpictureshow #vermcult #coyotetwin
Dr. Frank-N-Furter strikes a dramatic pose on stage at the Coyote Twin movie theater in Vermillion, South Dakota in front of a crowd during a screening of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. As the “Time Warp” plays on the movie screen in the background, unconventional conventionists dance on stage as the audience participates by dancing along in their seats and in the aisles during a shadow cast performance of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. A horizontal Halloween poster includes the text, “Rocky Horror Screening Shadow Cast Performance, October 31 | 10pm, Coyote Twin Theater,” and “$20 General Admit, $18 Student Admit, $5 Prop Bags, coyotetwin.com,” along with a photo of Columbia in her gold coat dancing in front of the opening credits of the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
October 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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The Bemis Benefit Art Auction is tonight, October 24th! I hope to see you at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, 724 S. 12th Street Omaha, NE. This is your last chance to win Bro Sketch with Gold Curtain.

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#wheresmymedici #omaha #bemiscenter #artfundraiser #art
Bro Sketch with Gold Curtain is a 12x12” oil on canvas gestural paintings of a man in khakis reclining on a sofa posed with his arms behind his head and draped in white fabric. A screen capture from the online auction site that includes a picture of Bro Sketch with Gold Curtain beneath a blue banner that reads, “Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts,” along with item number 450, a “Buy Now” banner, plus “Klaire Lockheart” written in black along the bottom of the screen.” A screen capture from the Bemis’s fundraising auction site that includes the following text: Bro Sketch with Gold Curtain, 2024. Oil on canvas.12 x 12 x 2 inches. Fair Market Value: $750. Starting Bid: $525. Buy It Now: $1,125. KLAIRE LOCKHEART is three raccoons in a trench coat masquerading as a painter from Vermillion, South Dakota. The first raccoon picks fights with old dead guys in order to thwart the patriarchy, the second one enjoys snacks, and the third loves to paint. Lockheart uses oil paint and her snarky sense of humor to create absurd figure paintings so she can challenge traditional gender roles. After receiving the Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant to paint dudes in man caves, Lockheart created these tiny oil sketches to prepare for larger compositions as part of her ongoing series of Brodalisques. These paintings of bros posed as odalisques have been published in New American Paintings, DailyArt Magazine, and Bird in Flight. The Dahl Arts Center in Rapid City, SD; the Norfolk Arts Center in Norfolk, NE; and the Sioux City Art Center in Sioux City, IA have hosted her recent solo exhibitions.” This poster for the Bemis includes the following text, “Bemis Center. Benefit Art Auction, Friday, October 24th, 2025, 5:30-9:15 PM,” printed above cyan and magenta flowers on a black background.
October 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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The Bemis Benefit Art Auction is October 24th at 724 S. 12th Street Omaha, NE. Good luck! Even if you can’t make it to the auction, you’ll have to let me know what you think of my new artist biography!

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#wheresmymedici #omaha #bemiscenter #artfundraiser #art
Grande Bro Sketch with Atari is a 7x9” oil on canvas painted sketch that depicts a dude posed with his back to the viewer to show off his red shorts as he clutches a vintage video game controller within a draped room. A screen capture from the online auction site that includes a picture of Grande Bro Sketch with Atari underneath a blue banner that reads, “Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts,” along with item number 448, plus “Klaire Lockheart” written in black along the bottom of the screen.” A screen capture from the Bemis’s auction site that includes the following text: Grande Bro Sketch with Atari, 2024. Oil on canvas. 7.5 x 9 x 2.5 inches. Fair Market Value: $600. Starting Bid: $420. Buy It Now: $900. KLAIRE LOCKHEART is three raccoons in a trench coat masquerading as a painter from Vermillion, South Dakota. The first raccoon picks fights with old dead guys in order to thwart the patriarchy, the second one enjoys snacks, and the third loves to paint. Lockheart uses oil paint and her snarky sense of humor to create absurd figure paintings so she can challenge traditional gender roles. After receiving the Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant to paint dudes in man caves, Lockheart created these tiny oil sketches to prepare for larger compositions as part of her ongoing series of Brodalisques. These paintings of bros posed as odalisques have been published in New American Paintings, DailyArt Magazine, and Bird in Flight. The Dahl Arts Center in Rapid City, SD; the Norfolk Arts Center in Norfolk, NE; and the Sioux City Art Center in Sioux City, IA have hosted her recent solo exhibitions.” This poster for the Bemis reads, “Bemis Center. Benefit Art Auction, Friday, October 24th, 2025, 5:30-9:15 PM,” printed above cyan and magenta flowers on a black background.
October 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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I just got back from a short trip to Paris. Did I miss anything in the news over the weekend?

#brodalisque #louvre
Within her painting studio, artist Klaire Lockheart, wearing a tiara, several necklaces, bracelets, and rings on every finger, laughs at her own joke. She sits in front of an oil painting titled the Grande Brodalisque and a small suitcase.
October 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Don’t spend Halloween in an empty house in the middle of the night… watch the Rocky Horror Picture Show with me at the Coyote Twin in Vermillion, SD! (You’ll want to get your tickets at coyotetwin.com before they sell out.)

#rockyhorrorpictureshow #halloween #rockyhorror
A costumed Dr. Frank-N-Furter skulks down the narrow hallway at the Coyote Twin movie theater in South Dakota. The audience in a crowded movie theater cheers and celebrates during the wedding scene at the annual shadow cast screening of the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Coyote Twin in Vermillion, SD.
October 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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It was cold, there was rain, but I was pleased to see so many friends gather together.

#nokingsvermillion #nokings
Under a cloudy sky, standing on a damp sidewalk in front of a gathering of protestors, an artist in a black coat holds aloft a handmade blue flag bearing a gold crown crossed out by a big red “X.”
October 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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I took a break from making paintings… so I could paint this skeleton! I used a combination of Black 2.0 and Black 3.0 to upgrade a pair of plastic skeletons. Are you decorating for Halloween too?

#culturehustle #blackestblack #halloweendecorations #PaintItBlack #halloween
October 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Do you think Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres would have put on a sparkly gown before sharing his art? Regardless, you can see my painting in Omaha, NE during the 2025 Bemis Benefit Art Auction.

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#wheresmymedici #JeanAugusteDominiqueIngres #odalisque #bemisbenefit #art
October 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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If Henri Matisse had to reveal his art like a game show assistant, do you think he would have resorted to wearing a sparkly dress too? Anyway, you can see this sketch as part of the 2025 Bemis Benefit Art Auction.
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#wheresmymedici #art #henrimatisse #fundraiser #bemis
October 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Many thanks to @cornwarning.com for not only sharing my art, but writing a fantastic summary of work!
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@klairelockheart.bsky.social paints hyper-realist depictions of men she calls "Brodalisque." She lovingly parodies schmaltzy 19th Century paintings. She treats Bros as comedic subjects, but not in ridicule, sympathetic with the modern Lost Boys, good guys, only partially adult, touchingly awkward.
Klaire Lockheart Grande Brodalisque II Oil On Canvas. A man reclines in red plaid boxers and a fur hunters cap.
October 13, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Do serious artists flip around their paintings like game show assistants? Regardless, this little guy is part of the 2025 Bemis Benefit Art Auction. Save the date for October 24th in Omaha, NE

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#wheresmymedici #art #gameshowassistant #grandeodalisque #fundraiser
October 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Are there any other artists lamenting the lack of outlandish and generous patrons?

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#wheresmymedici #paintingreveal #gameshow #omaha #artauction
October 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM