The story of a life lived in colour
At the heart of my work is a personal story — the confluence of my English-Italian heritage, set design, Mediterranean culture, history — and a desire to put these into a body of work that celebrates emotion and nostalgia through colour. I call this celebration an aesthetic narrative and it’s what I aim to help you achieve, too.
Although ever-present throughout my life, the influence of colour has never been felt more than at home. It was during the careful restoration of my dilapidated Grade II Georgian cottage, that I learned to observe, listen to, and understand the soul of a space.
The time spent restoring taught me how to commune with a building, and read the ever-changing highlights and shadows. An intuitive feel for the relationship between colour, atmosphere, and light began to emerge.
The story of a life lived in colour
At the heart of my work is a personal story — the confluence of my English-Italian heritage, set design, Mediterranean culture, history — and a desire to put these into a body of work that celebrates emotion and nostalgia through colour. I call this celebration an aesthetic narrative and it’s what I aim to help you achieve, too.
Although ever-present throughout my life, the influence of colour has never been felt more than at home. It was during the careful restoration of my dilapidated Grade II Georgian cottage, that I learned to observe, listen to, and understand the soul of a space.
The time spent restoring taught me how to commune with a building, and read the ever-changing highlights and shadows. An intuitive feel for the relationship between colour, atmosphere, and light began to emerge.
Discover my Delysian Colour System, a unique way of working with colour in interior spaces
I help homeowners, interior designers, and paint brands to create vibrant, colourful spaces. As well as consulting on both a national and international level, I also provide bespoke talks, demonstrations, and training sessions, as well as brand ambassadorship and press styling.
My aesthetic goes beyond the purely visual, mixing depth, experience and place. I am fascinated by the dynamic and subjective qualities of how colour and light are experienced, particularly in the Japanese aesthetic philosophy of In’ei (shadow and darkness) that softens imperfections and enhances subtle beauty. I integrate this into research, and observations I make outside my immediate environment — in the perception and use of colour — as seen in trompe l’œil, which has gifted me the ability to read colour in an immersive, three-dimensional way.
This combination forms the roots of the Delysian Colour System — a holistic approach to working with colour that encompasses the self, narrative, and space — that I created for my colour consultancy service. I also offer training in colour consultancy, and colour use in interior design, with the Delysian Colour System at its heart.
A part of the conceptual approach to my work is the idea of ‘precious containers’ — symbolised by the use of styled antique vessels throughout my home, and seen in my Lantern Cottage features in the interior design press.
Colour consultant, experienced trainer and speaker, working with some of the world’s most inventive paint and interior brands
My creative practice combines years of industry experience and research, and working partnerships with brands such as Benjamin Moore, Deus ex Gardenia, Orac, Casamance, Bisley, Argile and Edward Bulmer Natural Paint.
I also present at events such as Focus, Decorex, Chelsea Design Quarter, Clerkenwell Design Week, and for Mad About The House Turin Retreats, and am featured in, or often provide expert comment to, the UK interiors and national press — House & Garden, The English Home, Ideal Home, Homes & Gardens, Marie Claire and The Times Magazine.
