Did you read “Artemisia Gentileschi in 10 Paintings” by Candy Bedworth yet? I highly recommend this Daily Art Magazine article, but I could be biased since she included a quote from me.

​Sometimes I include dinosaurs in my artwork because it feels like women have been fighting for their rights since the dawn of time. In the hopes of restoring reproductive rights in South Dakota, I donated a work of art to the Dakotans for Health annual fundraising gala. Figure Painting with Prehistoric Tropes is a vertical oil sketch on canvas of a seated feminine figure overlayed with a black ink silkscreen print of dinosaurs dressed up like stereotypical artists and models.

The annual Reproductive Rights Broadway Gala will be January 18, 2025 at the Icon in Sioux Falls, SD from 6-10 pm. The Dakotans for Health online auction is live, and you can bid for a chance to win this canvas and help improve restore bodily autonomy in South Dakota.

​Art historian Sarah Isak-Goode and I had such a great time discussing art, that she had to publish my interview in two parts! Within the article “Klaire Lockheart: Artist, Feminist and… Time-Traveler??? Part Two,” we chatted about art history, man caves, and figure paintings.

I always love chatting about the art with art historians, and I had a great time meeting Sarah Isak-Goode! We talked about my series of Lockheart Legacy portraits, Orientalism, and the benefits of seeing artwork in person during the interview, which is titled “Klaire Lockheart: Artist, Feminist and… Time-Traveler???”

​I don’t want you to miss October’s episode of Femininity in the Post-Apocalypse! Not only is this the last episode of the 2024 season, but my guest Dr. Kandace Creel Falcón and I will examine the painting Self-Portrait on the Borderline Between Mexico and the United States (1932) by Frida Kahlo! We'll chat about colonialism, guaranteed income, and Kahlo’s impact on contemporary artists. After we evaluate this work of art using the Maenad-O-Meter, Yazmin Moktan will receive her Honorary Doctor of Dystopian Studies degree from UCK!

It’s always a delight to be a guest on In the Moment with Lori Walsh! During the episode titled “An artist, an educator & an activist leading the state to new frontiers,” we talked about my Not a Vampire art exhibition at the Coyote Gallery in Vermillion, oil paintings, and portraiture. This silly and serious interview was produced for South Dakota Public Broadcasting by Ellen Koester and Ari Jungemann.

It’s October and I’m ready for Halloween! To kick off spooky season, I was fortunate to discuss the comedy-horror classic Army of Darkness. I was a guest on “Let’s Taco ‘Bout” from the Fat Dude Digs Flicks Movie podcast network, and I had a great time chatting with Andy Heller! In addition to discussing this cheesy film, we talked about my artwork including my paintings of brodaliques. 

Let's Taco 'Bout Army of Darkness featuring Klaire Lockheart

My next painting exhibition is called Not a Vampire, and it will run October 3rd through November 15th, 2024 at the First Dakota Coyote Gallery, 12 E. Main Street, Vermillion, South Dakota. The opening reception is Saturday, October 19th from 3-5 pm, and you're invited to dress up in costume as you view my “ancestral” Lockheart Legacy paintings while enjoying snacks. This exhibition is hosted by the Vermillion Cultural Association.

Artists like to sneak art history references into their artwork because they think they’re funny, and I’m no exception. I speak about the model in my oil painting called Brodalisca, and I explain why there’s a can of Campbell’s Tomato Soup in the composition.

Klaire Lockheart, Brodalisque Seated in the Transit. 2020. Oil on Canvas. 16x20”.

​The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota is indeed “interesting,” which is why I want to share a small oil painting I made after my first time attending the event. My model for Brodalisque Seated in the Transit is in a mobile man cave, and I explain how that impacts the composition.