After earning a B.A. in Graphic Design at Coventry University, Claire began as an illustrator creating portraits of famous business leaders and politicians. Similar private works included a commission of Marilyn Monroe for Rihanna. The portrait gained a huge amount of attention in the global media and many similar commissions followed. Claire has since exhibited widely, in museum exhibitions and on the world's biggest stage in the Blue Zone of the UN Climate Change Conference. She has raised substantial funds for conservation and environmental organisations, winning awards for raising awareness of threats facing keystone species. Claire has achieved Active Membership of the Gallery Climate Coalition for the third consecutive year, along with several blue-chip galleries, institutions and museums demonstrating environmental sustainability best practice.