Born in London, Deryn grew up in an artistic family who lived on a small farm in the Welsh countryside.

Deryn earned her Fine Art Degree from Bath Academy of Art and while living in London, worked as a scenic artist for theater and photography studios. She later worked with a team of conservators restoring painted finishes for the National Trust.

Her wild decision to move to Miami was based on the opportunity to paint murals and faux finishes for Versace and other residences of exquisite design. She is collected moreover by Cher, and Madonna.

Deryn’s love for nature and vast wilderness drew her to the Florida aquifer, the source of all well-being for the communities reliant on the Everglades water source.

Her current body of work is largely based on her observations from these thousand island marshlands.

She also tends to her wild garden, which she created as a habitat for birds, fish, and insects who are naturally drawn to it as a sanctuary in our ever-increasingly developed land area.

Deryn’s works range from exquisite delicate murals of painted spoonbills and wood storks to golden photographs of the nature that surrounds us. She combines her photographic images with metal leaf and as if by alchemy creates a unique imagery that conjures the sun’s interplay over the waters of these 1000 islands.

Deryn lives in Miami with her husband, their two children, and, what she esteems, an unruly dog. Her most recent mural work was commissioned for the Setai.