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Danny Heller Paintings

American, b. 1982
Danny Heller paints 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, Heller plays with lighting, dramatic angles, and specific colors to form engaging paintings that capture architectural elements. He uses 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, Heller acts as a documentarian of an endangered architectural culture in America. However, these paintings are a bit more personal, as they tend to focus on locations from the artist's childhood or at least slices of an era recounted to him from his parents’ and grandparents’ times. By painting these historically and personally significant scenes, Heller reconnects 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.
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Artist: Danny Heller
Central Park Evening
Central Park Evening

Central Park Evening

By Danny Heller

Located in Fairfield, CT

My latest series opening at the George Billis Gallery, titled “Modern Society,” continues my exploration into midcentury architecture and design found in New York City, but focuses o...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Danny Heller Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Afternoon At The Glass House

Afternoon At The Glass House

By Danny Heller

Located in Fairfield, CT

My latest series opening at the George Billis Gallery, titled “Modern Society,” continues my exploration into midcentury architecture and design found in New York City, but focuses o...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Danny Heller Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Usonian Ideal

Danny HellerUsonian Ideal, 2024

$4,320Sale Price|20% Off

Usonian Ideal

By Danny Heller

Located in Fairfield, CT

My latest series opening at the George Billis Gallery, titled “Modern Society,” continues my exploration into midcentury architecture and design found in New York City, but focuses o...

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2010s American Realist Danny Heller Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Thanksgiving Day Parade Charlie Brown Float

Thanksgiving Day Parade Charlie Brown Float

By Danny Heller

Located in Fairfield, CT

My latest series opening at the George Billis Gallery, titled “Modern Society,” continues my exploration into midcentury architecture and design found in New York City, but focuses o...

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San Diego Modern Pathway

San Diego Modern Pathway

By Danny Heller

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Heller covers monumental and lesser-known works starting with Frank Lloyd Wright and tracing his design principles through his son Lloyd Wright, and students Richard Neutra, Rudolph ...

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Early 2000s American Realist Danny Heller Paintings

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Usonia House At Twilight

Usonia House At Twilight

By Danny Heller

Located in Fairfield, CT

My latest series opening at the George Billis Gallery, titled “Modern Society,” continues my exploration into midcentury architecture and design found in New York City, but focuses o...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Danny Heller Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

B&B Shoe Repair

B&B Shoe Repair

By Danny Heller

Located in Fairfield, CT

Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- My latest series opening at the George Billis Gallery, “Birth of the Cool,” celebrates the midcentu...

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Usonia Visitors

Danny HellerUsonia Visitors, 2024

$4,320Sale Price|20% Off

Usonia Visitors

By Danny Heller

Located in Fairfield, CT

My latest series opening at the George Billis Gallery, titled “Modern Society,” continues my exploration into midcentury architecture and design found in New York City, but focuses o...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Danny Heller Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Drugs
Drugs

Danny HellerDrugs, 2017

$1,600Sale Price|20% Off

Drugs

By Danny Heller

Located in Fairfield, CT

"Drugs" by Danny Heller draws inspiration from a pharmaceutical store on a busy avenue corner in NYC. See second image for the real life referenced location. My latest series openi...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Danny Heller Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Usonia Afternoon

Danny HellerUsonia Afternoon, 2024

$4,320Sale Price|20% Off

Usonia Afternoon

By Danny Heller

Located in Fairfield, CT

My latest series opening at the George Billis Gallery, titled “Modern Society,” continues my exploration into midcentury architecture and design found in New York City, but focuses ...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Danny Heller Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Guggenheim + TBird, limited edition print

Guggenheim + TBird, limited edition print

By Danny Heller

Located in Fairfield, CT

Represented by George Billis Gallery, NY & LA -- My latest series opening at the George Billis Gallery, titled “Modern Society,” continues my exploration into midcentury architecture and design found in New York City, but focuses on the cultural centers and glamorous institutions that signaled its strength – and enchantment – in the 1950s and 60s. Covering such bewitching landmarks as Lincoln Center, the Guggenheim, and 5th Avenue stalwart Bergdorf Goodman, this series delves into how high design from this groundbreaking Modern period shaped metropolitan society and reinforced New York as a cultural capital. When viewed individually, each painting showcases an aspect of booming avant garde design, be it the Metropolitan Opera’s Sputnik Chandeliers, the high fashion displayed...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Danny Heller Paintings

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Airport Service, Framed

Airport Service, Framed

By Danny Heller

Located in Fairfield, CT

Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- I paint the reality of the Southern California environment: how structures once revered for their groundbreaking ideas in design an...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Danny Heller Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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