The New York Days
Deon left South Africa during apartheid and traveled extensively, living in Egypt, Israel, England and the U.S. He met his future wife Max while living in New York in the 1990’s. He and business partner Andrew Edlin ran Seiren Studios and Edlin Fine Art out of a 5,000 square foot loft in west Chelsea they shared with Max, a partner and Director of strategy at New York Television/ NY Digital Design. Deon and Max traveled frequently to her family’s vineyard and winery, Grayhaven, in Virginia, where they would eventually settle and take over the family business after 9/11.