He graduated with honours in Fine Art and Ceramics at Newport and Cardiff College of Art then started work as a designer at The National Museum of Wales working in their Educational Department on illustrations and portable displays for schools.

In 1963 he became a graphic designer for Television Wales and the West promoting forthcoming television programs. A move to Bristol followed in 1968 to head the department when the company became HTV. His work was held in very high regard and in 1979 he began working in the film industry after being leased out to film companies as a creative artist by HTV.

Some of his major television dramas include Robin of Sherwood starring Michael Praed and Jason Connery, The Canterville Ghost with David Niven and later John Gielgud and Separate Tables directed by John Schlesinger. The latter production was for HBO (Home Box Office), a huge cable network in America.

His film work also had an international dimension and he worked on many co-productions with Columbia Pictures and United Artists of America, as well as with Anglo-European, Canadian and Australian Film Producers. Notable films include The Curse of Tutankhamen with Raymond Burr and Jamaica Inn starring Jane Seymour. After making Tutankhamen, HTV presented the late President Sadat of Egypt with a Tony Pace sepia montage view of Bristol as a thank you for allowing them to film in his country.

Tony Pace's television and film work entailed producing special effects. He made duplicate models that could be destroyed on a set, recreated old maps and manuscripts, provided artwork for film animation and even painted old Cairo at night on glass. He designed and produced the film animation titles for Channel Four's educational series Manscape which won the prestigious American Gold Medal Award at The International Festival of Film and Television in New York. This had previously been awarded to Brideshead Revisited and was the first time the prize had gone to a film for animation. Various period opera productions represented another dimension of his artwork.

Anthony Pace has worked with leading actors, actresses and top TV and film designers like Julia Trevelyan Oman and Voitek. He also has the distinction of having two of his water-colours in the Royal Collection. One is of the Royal Yacht Britannia bought by Princess Anne for Prince Philip now hanging in Buckingham Palace. The other is a painting of Saint Mary Redcliffe Church in Bristol given to the Queen to celebrate the 400th Anniversary of the church's Royal Charter from Queen Elizabeth the First to Elizabeth the Second.

In 1989 Anthony Pace left HTV to pursue his love of painting both at home and abroad. He is now a part time lecturer of Fine Art and undertakes many commissions for major companies like British Telecom and Standard Chartered Bank who buy his work not only for it's artistic merit but as a company asset that will appreciate in value. Many local paintings of Bristol and Bath have been published as Limited Editions as have a series for the Ffestiniog Railway in North Wales. He has exhibited at the Mall Gallery in London for The Royal Institute of Painters in Water-colour, The Royal Society of British Artists and The Royal Society of Marine Artists. Anthony is currently working on several paintings of Eastern European Cities and various automotive projects. He is a member of Bristol Savages Art Club and has served as President on several occasions.

As the son of a well known sea captain who served in two World Wars, Tony naturally had an early interest in maritime art but relishes painting any subject and is very versatile. He paints in all mediums but prefers the freshness and sparkle of water-colour . Today his paintings are much sought after and are widely exhibited in collections in Europe, the USA, Far East and Australia.