Tar Heel Traveler: Artist Grace Ho displays love and devotion through artwork

THE TOWN'S WEBSITE. MY BOYS

LOVE A GOOD SPLASH PAD WILL BE

DOWN THERE. STORIES WITH LAYERS

ARE OFTEN THE BEST KIND ART

WITH LAYERS CAN BE MUCH THE

SAME.

>> TONIGHT WE FIND OUR TAR HEEL

TRAVELER IN CLINTON. SCOTT

MASON FEATURES THE GRACEFUL

WORK OF AN ARTIST NAMED GRACE.

>> WE'LL START WITH WHAT I'M

EXPERIENCING IN THE MOMENT.

PERHAPS SHE IS

EXPERIENCING LOVE OR CHANGE.

NOTHING LASTS FOREVER BUT MAYBE

LOVE K 2. VERY IMPORTANT

MOMENTS OF MY LIFE. SHE IS

CREATING 2 HEARTS. MY WORK IS

ACRYLIC BASED NOT A TRADITIONAL

PAINTING. IT'S A POLYMER.

SO IT WORKS WELL AS THE GLUE

BLOOMING FLOWER. THESE ARE

ACTUALLY REAL TRIED.

>> AS ALIAS, I LIKE SEEING

SOMETHING NEW IN MY WORK WHEN I

DO IT THAT WAY. THE WORK IS

ALWAYS A BIT OF A SURPRISE.

I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU THE

SURPRISE PART OF THIS, WHICH

I'M NOT SURE. YEAH, IT'S A GIFT

FOR MY HUSBAND FOR A 30TH

ANNIVERSARY, WHICH IS IN

DECEMBER. SO THIS IS YOUR

ANNIVERSARY PRESENT. I KNOW

I STARTED WHEN YOU ASKED HER

THAT SHE DOES THIS THIS CLOSE

THAT I JUST ABOUT STARTED

CRYING AS REALLY, I TRY TO

FOCUS ON WHAT HAS BEEN POSITIVE

IN MY LIFE

>> THAT'S WHAT COMES SHE WAS

BORN IN TAIWAN, BUT RAISED IN

AMERICA AFTER HER PARENTS FLED.

CHINA MIGHT HAVE BEEN MOVED TO

THE STATE.

>> OPPORTUNITY

AND THE AMERICAN DREAM SORT OF

THING. GRACE BECAME A DOCTOR.

>> AND MARRIED A DOCTOR.

IT'S KIND OF MINUTES. WE WANT

TO PRACTICE TO STICK. EVERYBODY

DOESN'T.

>> DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU ARE.

AND IT'S IT'S BEEN QUITE

WONDERFUL. MEDICINE IS OFTEN

TIMES MORE ART THAN SCIENCE.

THE 2 ARE LINKED.

>> WHEN CLINTON PART IS WHAT

GRACE PRACTICES MAN, THE

GRAVITATION TOWARDS AREN'T.

>> I CAN AND CAN POINT TO TIME

BECAUSE I THINK I'VE ALWAYS

HAD ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF ME.

JUST SAYS HER HERITAGE HAS BEEN

A PART OF HER. YOU ALMOST FEEL

LIKE YOU HAVE 2 IDENTITIES.

I KNOW I DO. I FEEL IT ALL THE

TIME. WE TOOK THE KIDS, CHINA

AS A FAMILY TRIP.

>> DEFINITELY GOT LOOKS BECAUSE

HERE WE ARE WITH 4 KIDS.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD STRANGERS

REALLY JUST ASK IS ARE THEY

ALL YOURS?

EVEN IN SAMPSON COUNTY, THE

ASIAN POPULATION IS LESS THAN

ONE PERCENT. SO WE DON'T GET IN

HERE EITHER. IN TERMS OF WHAT'S

NORMAL, WHAT'S COME 3, I'M

PROUD OF MY IDENTITY AS CHINESE

AMERICAN. ALMOST A CLASSIC

AMERICAN STORY OUR COUNTRY WAS

FOUNDED LARGE LEAP ON

IMMIGRATION. A LOT OF MY WORK

HAPPENS IN LAYERS. HER LIFE

INCLUDES LAYERS AND SURPRISE.

IT IS.

>> AND LOVE TO ALWAYS HAVE

SOMEBODY THERE FOR YOU AND YOUR

>> KIND OF LIKE LIFE. THERE'S

NO HANDBOOK.

SOME OF THAT. YOU DO HAVE TO

FIGURE OUT ON YOUR AROUND.

I GET A LITTLE GUIDANCE FROM

PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN THERE.

BUT YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S MORE

THAN ONE WAY TO GET WHERE

YOU'RE GOING.

>> I JUST WANT TO SPEND LIKE

EVENINGS WITH GRACE. YEAH, SO

CHILL. I NOW SO VOICES IN THE

YAHOO AND HER ART IS GORGEOUS.

GRACE. HOW OFTEN DOES

COMMISSION WORK AND SOME OF

HER ART IS ON DISPLAY IN OTHER

COUNTRIES AS WELL AS HER STUDIO

IS ON VANCE STREET IN CLINTON.