Claire DeLucca

I created this piece for a travel-themed group gallery show, “Get Lost.”

“Annie Cycles Around The Globe” was inspired by the first woman to travel the world on a bicycle.

On the morning of June 27, 1894, wearing a long skirt, corset, and high collar, a 24-year-old woman sailed down the street on a bicycle carrying only a change of clothes and a pearl-handled pistol. She returned 15 months later, becoming the first woman to cycle around the globe.

Annie Londonderry (born Annie Cohen Kopchovsky), was a free-thinking woman, who reinvented herself under her pseudonym as an entrepreneur, athlete, and globetrotter. She was, reportedly, doing it to settle a wager between two rich businessmen, or perhaps to satisfy her own thirst for adventure. She temporarily left her husband and three young children and turned every Victorian notion of female propriety on its ear. For most of the journey she rode a man's bicycle, and quickly abandoned her unwieldy skirts for a man's riding suit. Along her expedition, she cultivated the controversy generated by her unconventional exploits and earned money selling autographs and photographs of herself, giving lectures, teaching cycling, and by turning herself into a mobile billboard. A masterful self-promoter, Annie spun wild stories to reporters about her brushes with death, frozen rivers, German royalty, dangerous superstition, vicious tigers, and Japanese prisons.

Annie cycled from Boston to New York, then sailed to France. From there, she cycled to Egypt, India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Vietnam, and China. By March of 1895, Annie and her bike had arrived in San Francisco. After returning to Boston on September 24, 1895, newspapers declared her globe-trekking “the most extraordinary journey ever undertaken by a woman.” She returned home to her husband and children, but Annie soon moved her family to New York City, where she channeled her passion for storytelling and all she'd learned about the press into a career in journalism. The byline of her column for the New York World read: "I am a journalist and ‘A New Woman,' if that term means that I believe I can do anything that any man can do."

Digital, 2018 ©ClaireMojherDeLucca

For several weeks, I challenged myself to be creative every day. I chose the theme “Birds,” since there are endless ways to capture that subject matter.

I gave birth to my second child just two months earlier, so occasionally this project was a real struggle. Some days, I was able to spend time to create something detailed and intricate. Other days, I only had 5 minutes. From ink and cut paper to shadows and leaves, I’m tickled by the variety of materials I ended up using to create some of these pieces.

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I spent most of my childhood up in the branches of trees or crouched near the ground, enamored with the creatures that buzzed, scampered, and crept around me. Born and raised in Florida, I chased lizards, watched for snakes, and decorated myself with the discarded exoskeletons of cicadas. I "adopted" a pregnant wolf spider and wept at her untimely demise. I thrilled at the sleek black racers that made their swift, secret way through our jungle-like yard. Beautiful, delicate, shining bodies flashing like black oil rainbows among the ferns and azaleas. This piece is my love letter to Floridian fauna.

“Coluber Constrictor Priapus” is a digital illustration I originally created for Light Grey Art Lab’s ‘Swarm’ gallery show, 2018.

Strange and secret things begin to happen in the garden once the moon rises. A tiny, daring figure tiptoes delicately, carefully through the gentle midnight air as the evening comes alive around her. 

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Strange and secret things begin to happen in the garden once the moon rises. Is it a fun fanciful flight or a daring midnight escape? 

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Strange and secret things begin to happen in the garden once the moon rises. On tiptoe with gossamer wings, this tiny sprite flits to and fro, red-winged playmates in pursuit. 

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Inspired by the green space of the same name, this print of an original illustration features a flurry of flowers and feathers, blossoms and berries.

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A bright bevy of birds in bold yellow and black. Inspired by the transition of delicate, bare winter branches into the cheerful chaos of song filled springtime. 

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Ink, watercolor, and metallic paint on cotton paper.

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Acrylic paint, color pencil, and watercolor on cotton paper.

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Acrylic paint and watercolor on cotton paper.

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Acrylic paint, color pencil, and watercolor on cotton paper.

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Illustrations for American Greetings.

I have been creating greeting card artwork since 2005. I have illustrated almost 2,000 images for American Greetings! I especially love creating patterns and nighttime scenes, but my favorite holiday to design for is Halloween!

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A piece I created for my husband on our anniversary.

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Paper birds, hand-painted and hand-cut. Acrylic and metallic paint on Strathmore.

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This is a series of 6 oil paintings I completed for my Illustration thesis at Ringling College of Art and Design. For each piece, I wrote a very short story to accompany it. In some cases, the words came first, followed by an idea for the image. For others, the composition and figure's attitude led the way to the written piece.

Graphite and oil on illustration board.

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I'm fascinated by insects. These tiny creatures often go unnoticed, and when they do make themselves known they are commonly seen as pests or something to be feared. Yet, they are actually complex, intriguing, gorgeous little creatures. 

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These are two environments I created for Light Grey Art Lab's Great Personality Exhibition. 

Great Personality was a non-traditional show featuring artwork inspired by the Myers-Briggs Personality Types, exploring the science behind attraction, ambiance, and allure. LGAL released four interactive sim games, where players could interact with 32 characters through a series of conversations, choices, and exploration through a new and unknown city. My environments were featured in the games as well as exhibited as art prints in the LGAL gallery space.

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