Originally from Kentucky, Ms. Shaw earned her Associate in Arts degree from Fleming College and the Institute for European Affairs in Lugano, Swizterland and her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the College of Design Architecture and Art at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio.
Ms. Shaw was the official photographer for the Pelican Man's Bird Sanctuary in Sarasota, Florida, from 1993 until her retirement in 2005.
She and her husband, photographer Bruce Shaw, have been visiting Homer, Alaska since 1987. They moved into their house on East End Road in 2007.
Alice's original wildlife drawings are in pencil on Mi-Teintes Canson paper. Her giclee prints are now available in Homer at Picture Alaska art gallery.