Grace has 40 years experience in the art world., having studied Graphic Design at Swinburne and oils with Allan Martin and  Lesley Sinclair of Montsalvat in Victoria. A change to pastel in 1988 was the beginning of a long love affair with the medium. The Grace Paleg fine art Studio Gallery was opened in 1996 at Batemans Bay on the South Coast of N.S.W. and it is from there that Grace continues to teach local students as well as instruct groups of up to four who incorporate a holiday with private tuition. Grace travels widely herself taking workshops and at Art Festivals and Societies throughout Australia as well as judging for Art Societies throughout Australia.
Awards have been many and varied with over 160 prizes including six times best pastel at the Herald Sun Camberwell Rotary art Show and Twice the Ming Mckay award from the Victorian Pastel Society.
She is a regular contributor to the International and Australian Artist Magazines