Lamphere’s sculpture at St. Francis Interquest is a stainless steel representation of St. Clare of Assisi. She was inspired by the teachings of St. Francis, and founded the Order of Poor Ladies, a monastic religious order for women in the Franciscan tradition. Lamphere studied both St. Clare and St. Francis extensively to capture the essence of St. Clare in this sculpture. She is often shown carrying a monstrance, as seen outside of St. Francis Interquest, which commemorates when she warded away the invading soldiers of Frederick II at the gates of her convent by displaying the Blessed Sacrament and kneeling in prayer. St. Clare lived a simple life of poverty, austerity and seclusion from the world. Both Francis and Clare believed that through poverty they could become closer to Jesus as they would live the way he did. There is no face on the St. Clare sculpture to respect and keep her anonymity and show her austere nature. The monstrance is highlighted here, symbolically protecting the hospital and its patients.

Over his decades-long career, Dale Lamphere has completed over 60 major public sculptures from the Basilica of the National Shrine in Washington D.C. to the City of Burbank, California. His work covers the full spectrum from classic figurative sculpture in cast bronze to monumental fabricated stainless steel sculpture involving design, fabrication and structural engineering disciplines. Lamphere was appointed South Dakota Artist Laureate by Governor Daugaard in 2014, and was reappointed by Governor Noem in 2019. He received the American Institute of Architects South Dakota Champion of Architecture award in 2019 for “bringing great public art to the people of South Dakota and beautifully articulating the intersection of art and engineering".