Grace DeVito

Grace Mehan DeVito has spent her life immersed in the art of painting. Her

representational realist skills are equally adept at portraiture, figurative, and still

life genres. The love of light and form imbue her work with beauty and

timelessness, elevating her subjects, bearing witness to their beauty and

importance.

A native of Connecticut, Grace studied at The School of Visual Arts in New York

City, majoring in Illustration. After a decade of working for such clients as The

United Nations, Sony, and Pepsico, she left the commercial art field to pursue fine

art painting. She studied portraiture with Laurel Stern Boeck and honed her

painting skills in workshops with many of today’s celebrated artists. Grace has

completed portraits for such clients as Villanova University, The City of

Cambridge MA, Univ of North Carolina, and The University Hospitals of Case

Western Reserve and her paintings are in many private homes. Her still life’s and

figures are sought after by discerning collectors.

Grace was invited to paint in The Grand Central Atelier’s first Still Life

Competition in 2014 and in the Inspiring Figures Show at The Butler Institute Of

American Art, Youngstown OH. She is the recipient of many awards including the

Portrait Society of America’s First place Still Life and first place Commissioned

Portraits, Members Only Competition. She received The Award of Excellence for

Realism at The Oil Painters of America’s Eastern Regional Exhibition as well as

numerous Still Life awards, The 2018 Joseph Hartley Award, The David Leffel

Award For Excellence in Painting, Best in Show as well as 3rd Place, and the 6th

Annual Plein Air Competition Best Floral in Studio Oct/Nov 2016.

Grace is represented by Portraits Inc., Susan Powell Fine Art, Beverly McNeil

Gallery, and has recently attained Signature Status in The Portrait Society of

America. She lives in Stamford Connecticut.