Grace has been making pictures since she was 8 years old when her grandmother gifted her with her first camera, a Brownie. “I fell in love with photography right away and was always mesmerized by the magic that came out of the camera.”
Born in coastal Aberdeen, Washington, Grace grew up and lived in the Seattle area through early adulthood. She studied at the Factory of Visual Art (where she met and worked with her mentor) and earned a bachelor’s degree in Photography from the University of Washington.
Grace loves fine art, contemporary abstractionism and impressionism, nature, water in all forms, and travel. She traveled extensively as a young adult in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Morocco, Western Europe and Mexico, photographing all along the way. Grace continues to travel as often as her work schedule allows.
Early on, she showed in galleries and taught photography, but somehow lost inspiration and vision about her art along the way. Instead, she moved into commercial work, including architectural, film/video and lifestyle advertising photography.
“I was constantly experimenting for a body of work that was fine art and unique, something I could feel excited and confident to take out into the world.”
Later on, after earning a master’s degree in Art Therapy, she was inspired to return to a more creative expression of her photography. Grace began her current body of work in 2013 in Santa Fe, New Mexico where she resided full time for 25 years.
Currently, Grace is busy with about 30 art shows a year. Her home base is St Petersburg, FL with some time spent in Washington and New Mexico. She does yoga, swims, bikes, hikes, plays pickelball (of course!) and enjoys bird watching and numerous outdoor adventures, always with a camera in hand.
Grace is a Leo, with Capricorn rising and an Aries moon and six, (yes 6!) planets in Leo. Friends say she brings fun with her wherever she goes.
