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 often as both her work and play schedule incorporate lots of adventuring.
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 for 30 years.
Currently, Grace is busy with about 25 art shows a year. She participates in art shows in many states, and is a vanlifer as she travels for shows and adventures, and of course to photograph. She does pilates, bikes, hikes, paddleboards, plays pickelball and enjoys bird watching and exploring nature in all its glory.
Grace is a Leo, with Capricorn rising and an Aries moon and six, (yes 6!) planets in Leo. Chinese zodiac sign is the sheep / goat.
