Danielle Hein Art

Few skulls in the works.

First of many days to be spent right here. Will be posting schedule for Nov. and Dec. soon. I’m so grateful for this great group of humans.

Many days making things at . Enjoying every one. Will be in BLOCK 10 this Saturday for on Magnolia. I even made some prints y’all. And most importantly a new batch of stickers.
Will also be posting this new batch of originals online so if you are keeping a look out for a new bunny or skull there are about 20 coming. Last two pics show some good progress on the frames. Rabbit, rabbit.

Here’s a few finished shots from some murals completed around the world.

1. New Orleans, LA
2. Etajima, Japan
3. Rishikesh, India
4. Koh Lanta, Thailand
5. Miami, FL
6. New Orleans, LA

Updating my artist statement this week as I am preparing to apply for few festivals and mural calls coming up. It is always funny to get the question “How long have you been an artist?”…well I can confidently say I have been painting for 30+ years. Hope I’ve made my 6 year old self proud. Universe wasn’t really hiding much back then…still loves flowers, still loves lines, still loves color. Not sure I could pull off these bangs though. #1995

The quietest set of siblings you ever did meet. 😂 RABBIT, RABBIT.

Justin and I scootied down to Auroville (worth a Googlie) today to celebrate my 34th birthday 🪩🎉🪩 and had lunch at . I was quickly called to introduced myself to Martyn, who was sitting by himself finishing up his lunch. We became fast friends sharing our stories and how we came to end up here. He is marvellously warm and theatrical, loves Cabaret and shines bright and wise; his partner of 24 years just recently past. I wish we could have met her. His honestly and humour and wisdom moved us both deeply.
This time last year, we were living in the 9th ward in New Orleans sorting out the puzzle of what would become these transformative world travels. We were held so close by friends and family till we were ready to push off…and push off we did!
“A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are built for” has echoed in my head while in this chapter. Today, on a birthday, the very alignment of how life has been arranged for us recently, introduced a new quote from our new friend Martyn, “Humans are a font of infinite possibilities.” This evening, I celebrate and cheers to this new script being written and all the uniqueness at play. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

Much less guns, WAY more public bikeways, pleaseeeeeee. These two photos were taken at the main intersection by house. First is in front a beautiful mural (anyone know artist tag??) just to the left of Melvin’s Bar. The second was just as you turned down my street (Frenchmen) and gosh darn it I couldn’t have asked the universe to deliver a better color palette. Keeping going down this street and you’ll hit a pretty cool community garden. 🌺🍄🌸
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One of the things that I’ll always love about my time in New Orleans was the creative connections the city held so much space for. These were from a pop up shoot and I did around my neighborhood. This specific spot was in the back yard of the abounded house next door. The greenery turned out surprisingly lush.

✨You are just as connected to the whole as the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.✨
Began this journey knowing how much I needed to heal my connection with myself and with the divine. Had no idea how many more humans I would connect with, change with and grow with, fall in love with. ♥️
and truly grateful for all you have built, supported and shared. It is the wisdoms of many worlds. ✨
✨🌙500HR Yoga Teacher Training in the books 🙏☀️✨

🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣H•O•L•I 🟣🔵🟢🟡🟠🔴

📍Parmarth Niketan | Rishikesh | India
Unbelievable day one celebrating Holi on the Ganges River under the full moon covered in flower petals and most vibrant colors!

…Or maybe this was my most favorite look. Five dollar prom dresses with some tutus as sleeves and reused canvas drop cloths/felt for the letter cut outs.
Art is HARD.
So many things are DUMB.
Does this spark JOY?
That’s so GAY .and.company
remind me of yours again 😂😂😂👠👠

Ooooowweeee missing New Orleans so much right now hurts! 😍🥺💕 Been taking walks down Mardi Gras memory lane the last couple days in between trying to grasp what is going on in this world and how healing something Iike Mardi Gras can be. These are from Lundi Gras 2020. Justin, the forever student, “Done Bean in Debt” and I was the Hard Rock Hotel Collapse Crane. Found a few of pics of the very beginnings of both costumes…other than the hot glue and beans the rest was recycled materials. Honestly, so much joy comes happens in the parade inbetweens…just buzzin’ from house to house, melting into comfy couches with king cake and mimosas and fried chicken, impromptu dress rehearsals, trading costume supplies, rehashing the days and nights before, snail trailing glitter everywhere 😂…knowing what it means to miss New Orleans is an understatement. 🌈🌈🌈

📍Musée de l’Orangerie | Paris | France
About every three years or so my sister will ask, “Hey do you have the Water Lillies photo where your shirt blends into the painting?” So before it gets lost again in the iCloud (that I never have enough storage for), I present to you 7th grade Danielle living her best life in one of the best installations of art out there.
Claude Monet’s Water Lillies are presented in an enormous oval room with stark white walls and tons of natural light. You can get so close to them. Shirt aside, you really feel like you are in them. Can’t recommend this little gem of a museum enough.

📍 Deliana | Crete | Greece
The balcony of a our very first WWOOFing house. WWOOF stands for Worldwide Opportunities in Organic Farms. You basically exchange your labor for room and board and an education on a farm of your choosing! Olive farm, vineyard, flowers, rice, marijuana…there are a lot of options out there. There is a matching process of sorts but nothing too complicated. The main goal is to make sure it is a good fit for everyone. You sign up for the country you are interested in, pay a small fee ($35) for access to the platform for 2 years. Then you start looking around!
We are open and willing to learn it all. To see how people start, problem solve, grow, build, remediate, create, recycle, connect, survive….but mostly how do they thrive. I’m so sick of the word sustainable. Sustain…it is mediocre, staying exactly where we are now, barely our heads above water, a C+ at best. Time to start talking about a Utopia for all. How do we thrive? 🗺🗺🗺
Wearable 🌈: .and.company

🔹🟩🔹 So many thank yours to the lovely with the Mardi Gras Krewe for this magical & humbling tribute! Anne Sophie and I meet practicing at , in the space directly next to this mural. If you haven't seen it, it is home to the famous Crescent City Automotive Shop. For 3+ years, I passed Kevin joking that one day I would paint his wall. Finally, I took a shoe box, printed out the design idea and glue sticked it to the box. The model was downright awful. And surprisingly but enthusiastically he agreed.
We, my partner & I, started it in December of 2018. It took us well over a year to paint w/ multiple challenges along the way. Those were repeatedly were eclipsed by the wonderful community that formed around it. So many people had a part it - thank you Georgia of the for supporting me when I needed a friend, my entire FTB fam who brought us lunch from & , your generosity is unmatched. The MVP (most valuable painter) goes to who painted behind the commercial dumpster for weeks, so when they moved it (after the full plaza remodel) we weren't caught with our pants down. Y'all...garbage in the summer in New Orleans. IYKYK. Thank you to for always showing up as her most sparkly self ready to put in full days work. To for always receiving us covered in paint at the end of the night, greeting us with a whisky sour & a heavy glass of red wine.
Anne Sophie is the top as is the bottoms. Zoe and I, homies via FTB, collaborated on the best local pair of leggings around. They're thick. They're bright. And the colors are spot on.
Starting this mural, I had no idea what would come from it. The budget was small but god damn, I wanted to paint something for a place and its people that have given me so much.
Lastly, this mural is dedicated to V..., you were the VERY first person to show up. We shared the holy s**t moment of "Wow, this really is a big wall." Then, you told me I could do it.
If I was better at signing my art, that is what the plaque would say. Big love to all involved. 🔹🟩🔹

So much has happened since completing this building & it still remains our favorite. 🥳
The biggest challenge was creating a design that factored in the many windows, alcoves, stairways, roll downs & doors. Geometric fractals made the most sense pulling tfrom a previous project in New Orleans (Crescent City Automotive building) whose design came from the stained glass windows belonging to the abandoned church adjacent to the Magazine Street building.
The pastel hues are inspired by the architectural palates South Beach is famous for. The primary dark blue, a nod to the client . From there we added in compliments to make specific colors pop and jewel tones to anchor all it! 27 colors in total.
Our lines were made with a laser level and chalk line process. Hand painted over & over again till they were crispy paper cut straight. Almost as crispy as the chocolate croissants from - our daily dietary staple. Big ups JR and Fred.
A New Orleans tradition, we added a lil appropriate lagniappe with the roll-downs polka dots.
Like a thirsty Instagram model, she looks best at sunset. 😜Don’t sleep on the electrical boxes on the third wall inside the white rod iron fence. We were determined to incorporate them in in a beautiful way.
If you see this baby out in the wild, a tag is always appreciated. We love to see that magic that y’all have happening around it.✌🏼
P.S. I worked for since college. In June of 2019, I left to pursue art full time, almost 11 years later. Painting the Wynwood office was surreal accomplishment and a dream come true.💙❤️
I remember coming down Art Basel in the late 2000s, when it wasn’t about the celebrities and the parties but the art. There were roadside galleries out the back of UHaul trucks. HUGE walls were going up everywhere. I met and just walking around. was arguably the epic center, and a rad one at that. Wynwood was overflowing with creativity. I gotta say I loved it best like that.

So much has happened since completing this building & it still remains our favorite. 🥳
The biggest challenge was creating a design that factored in the many windows, alcoves, stairways, roll downs & doors. Geometric fractals made the most sense pulling from a previous project in New Orleans (Crescent City Automotive building) whose design came from the stained glass windows belonging to the abandoned church adjacent to the Magazine Street building.
The pastel hues are inspired by the architectural palates South Beach is famous for. The primary dark blue, a nod to the client . From there we added in compliments to make specific colors pop and jewel tones to anchor all it! 27 colors in total.
Our lines were made with a laser level and chalk line process. Hand painted over & over again till they were crispy paper cut straight. Almost as crispy as the chocolate croissants from - our daily dietary staple. Big ups JR and Fred.
A New Orleans tradition, we added a lil appropriate lagniappe with the roll-downs polka dots.
Like a thirsty Instagram model, she looks best at sunset. 😜Don’t sleep on the electrical boxes on the third wall inside the white rod iron fence. We were determined to incorporate them in in a beautiful way.
If you see this baby out in the wild, a tag is always appreciated. We love to see that magic that y’all have happening around it.✌🏼
P.S. I worked for since college. In June of 2019, I left to pursue art full time, almost 11 years later. Painting the Wynwood office was surreal accomplishment and a dream come true.💙❤️
I remember coming down Art Basel in the late 2000s, when it wasn’t about the celebrities and the parties but the art. There were roadside galleries out the back of UHaul trucks. HUGE walls were going up everywhere. I met and just walking around. was arguably the epic center, and a rad one at that. Wynwood was overflowing with creativity. I gotta say I loved it best like that.

Officially always down to paint clouds. On your walls, your ceilings, cars, clothes…anywhere & everywhere and especially in your ! 💦💦💦 It was extra special to mural in this space because and are wonderful humans greeting me with a Root Recovery from and pushing me into their infrared sauna at night. Mmmmmhmmmm that’s a muralist dream my friends. 💕💕 💕

Just before we left we spent some time with documenting all the murals we painted around New Orleans. Did you know this one is called “Stained Glass” and it’s design came from the windows in the church across the street. It was the first major wall we painted and technically isn’t done yet.🤫

✨Happy New Years from Greece!✨
Today we begin a journey that I have been dreaming about my entire life. We rang in the New Year in Syntagma, Athens, 🇬🇷, arriving 20 minutes before midnight! After over 24 hours of traveling I couldn’t have imagined a sweeter welcome in. More to come on what is next and thank you to everyone who helped make this next chapter possible. Cheers or as the Greeks say, yamas!!!

Detail shot of a piece that will be getting it’s final coat tonight. Did a little bit of everything on this one. 😍😍😍