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Views And Paintings Of NYC By Danny Heller
Views And Realistic Paintings Of NYC By Danny Heller
ABOUT DANNY HELLER
” I paint the reality of the American environment: how structures once revered for their
groundbreaking ideas in design and social planning have been perpetuated and how
they have been forgotten.
Primarily focusing on the nation’s mid-century identity, I play with lighting, dramatic
angles, and specific colors to form engaging paintings that capture architectural
elements. I use a realistic style to paint those moments where design and
environment come together harmoniously in order to showcase the compelling
characteristics of these spaces. In some ways, I act as a type of documentarian of
an endangered architectural culture in America. However, these paintings are a bit
more personal, as they tend to focus on locations from my childhood or at least slices
of an era recounted to me from my parents’ and grandparents’ times.
By painting these historically and personally significant scenes, I hope to reconnect
with a presumably by-gone time period whose remnants actually still exist. Because
especially in an age that values constant change, when the past is demolished to
make way for the brand new, we are at risk of losing our collective history. Without
which, we leave ourselves devoid of a foundation to build our future on. ” – Danny Heller
