Lucia deLeiris has painted landscapes along the coasts, and also abroad, particularly in Antarctica, Europe, and in the Amazon regions of South America.She has been awarded three grants by the National Science Foundation to paint in Antarctica under the auspices of the agency’s “Antarctic Writers and Artists Program.”

Having lived a total of ten months in Antarctica at science stations and in a remote field camp on the sea ice, she illustrated four natural history books and produced paintings for several exhibitions.

Earlier in her career, deLeiris was awarded a Smithsonian research grant for study at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park Conservation Center in Virginia. Her work there culminated in 12 illustration plates for the book, The Biology and Management of an Extinct Species, Pere David’s Deer, (Beck and Wemmer, ‘83 as well as an animated introduction for the Smithsonian National Zoo film, The Last Chance, (Skrentny/Ames Productions, ‘79.)