Born in Ipameri, State of Goiás, in the Midwest of Brazil.

From early on she devoted herself to painting. Self-taught, she went through several phases in which she painted everything from large houses to still life and portraits. But it was not until 1982, in the Chapada dos Guimarães in Cuiabá, dazzled by the birds of the Pantanal, that she found her true love, macaws. She has been researching this now endagered bird ever since.

She has visited several ecological reserves: Iguaçu in Foz do Iguaçu (Paraná), Serra de Carajás in Pará, Amazônia, Parque ecológico de Goiânia, Fazenda São Domingos and Parque das Primaveras in Caldas Novas, Goiás.

In a new phase, she now depicts the macaws from their birth, habitat, courtship, mating, movements and flights.

She spent hours in reserves, studying the movements and flights of the macaws.

Because of her passion for these birds, she has become known in the artistic circle as Graça das Araras, title of her exhibition, in 1977, in England, sponsored by the Ministry of Culture.

Her studio is located in Goiânia, where she lives.

In her paintings shes uses the combined technique, acrylic and oil colors, straws, foliage, stones of Pirenópolis, canvas, and cords.

Graça says she loves the macaws, their strong coloring befits their personality. She herself is like the macaws; loyal, gregarious, friendly and faithful.