I function as an independent Visual Strategist and Stylist for brands, makers, and character-rich spaces. Instead of building websites, running marketing campaigns, or managing social media grids, I use my visual lens, built on a background in art history, interior design, and graphic layouts, to help you articulate your visual language, curate your spatial atmosphere, and capture your authentic story.
DOVE GREY STUDIO
Observation. Curation. Design. Making.
Creative Direction & Styling for Environments, Objects, and Visual Stories.
01 | The Identity Edit
Visual Identity & Aesthetic Strategy
For individuals and small businesses seeking to clarify their visual language and brand story before launching.
The Process: I map your aesthetic foundation through collaborative exploration, curating custom typography, colour direction, and a sourcebook of visual references.
The Package: An Aesthetic Blueprint guidelines dossier to anchor your digital presence and guide future designers.
02 | Interior Narrative
Spatial Styling & Atmosphere Curation
Collaborative interior styling to refine your home, studio, or storefront into a purposeful expression of your identity through intentional layout, lighting, and object placement.
The Process: Grounded in how you work and live, I look past surface decoration alone to focus on layout, light, materials, and flow, arranging your environment to show who you are.
The Package: Tailored tiers to fit your scope:
Step 1 / Styling Foundation: A 2-hour collaborative design session where I analyze your space and actively develop your colour paths, layout concepts, and personal design language.
Step 2 / Styling Intensive: A half-day, immersive spatial transformation: I shop your home or studio to shift, style, and layer your personal objects into curated vignettes and intentional layouts that unlock your intentionality and individuality.
Studio Add-on / Styling Maven: A dedicated sourcing journey. I hunt through architectural salvage, vintage collections, and local maker studios to gather the storied pieces that bring warmth and depth to your final layout.
03 | Visual Gathering
Creative Direction & Agile Editorial Photography
A bespoke asset library built for design-conscious business owners, artisans, and service-based professionals who require intentional, natural-light visual content for digital archives, social channels, and websites.
The Process: An agile visual session tailored to your world. For makers and spaces, I document your process on-site. For digital or service-based brands, I venture into the community on a curated visual excursion to gather atmospheric spaces, architectural details, and textures that mirror your brand's aesthetic blueprint. Rather than using disruptive studio lighting, I rely entirely on natural light and intuitive composition to keep the experience relaxed and spontaneous.
The Package: A proprietary, custom stock archive. You receive a curated digital library of high-resolution, un-staged images capturing the specific mood, texture, and environment of your brand, giving you an authentic visual language that belongs entirely to you.
The Full Studio Experience
A Comprehensive Brand & Space Transformation
By combining The Identity Edit, Interior Narrative, and Visual Gathering, I handle your entire visual world in one unified project. Together, we define your Aesthetic Blueprint, style your physical environment, and build your custom image archive into one seamless visual ecosystem.
04 | Boutique Real Estate Styling
Property Preparation & Heritage Curation
A strategic consultation and styling service for realtors and homeowners looking to prepare historic, custom, or character-rich properties for market presentation while honoring their true architectural heritage.
Step 1 / Editorial Styling: Working primarily with the property's existing features, layout, and unique pieces, I edit and layer the rooms to optimize scale, warmth, and spatial flow. Once the property is styled, I shoot an informal photo session focusing entirely on natural light, texture, and character.
The Package: A beautifully styled space prepared for market presentation, paired with a curated library of close-up, editorial detail images that serve as emotional marketing hooks to supplement standard wide-angle listing photography.
Step 2 / Aesthetic Consult: We walk through the property together to identify meaningful visual changes that elevate its presence. I provide direction on paint color choices, lighting selections, wallpaper curation, and architectural editing.
The Package: A comprehensive aesthetic roadmap for heritage-specific property updates that you or your contractors can execute seamlessly.
05 | The Print & Exhibit Suite
Visual Systems & Graphic Layout Design
For innovators, startup founders, and makers who want to present complex work, technical data, or personal craft in a professional, physical format.
The Process: I translate dense, technical, or highly detailed information into clean, intentional graphic layouts. By introducing balanced typography, structured visual systems, and breathing room, I ensure your data and stories feel welcoming, highly legible, and intuitive to navigate.
The Package: A complete design guidelines dossier and production-specification guide outlining your digital color hex codes, typographic pairings, and tactile paper recommendations, anchored by a living Canva template link holding your editable design assets.
Visual Foundation: Professionally formatted event one-pagers and aesthetically linked business cards designed for legibility and brand consistency.
Event Extensions: Coherent exhibition banners, tabletop display signage templates, or custom presentation grids to ensure your entire environment functions as a cohesive visual system.
