Grace is an artist-artisan who has made the Cevennes her home and studio since 2018.  She was an architect and artisan (woodworker and carpenter), with her own design-build business in the United States for 25 years, before moving to France in 2015. She then turned her focus more to the art of batik, which she has been practicing for more than 30 years. She is also an avid hiker and gardener, as well as a practitioner of yoga and meditation, and her passion for the land and landscape is the inspiration for both her artwork and her hospitality at the Buckeye.

Grace speaks fluently and writes in both English and French.