about.
hi.
i’ve gone through many iterations of “about me” pages and biographies through the years. every single one has felt incredibly impersonal. i wanted to come across as professional but instead i made myself distant.
my name is adrienne hein and i am a floral designer based in los angeles.
i started my creative journey many, many years ago in the woods behind the house i grew up in. i spent lots of mornings, afternoons, evenings and even nights— with a flashlight— exploring. i loved animals, i liked watching the deer and finding small fish in the streams. each rotation of the seasons spoke to me and showed me every year that the woods and i both shared moments of growth and loss.
i especially loved the sounds— tree frogs croaking, branches knocking together, water flowing, squirrels running on leaves— they stay with me to this day. it was a very special place to me and i will leave it at that.
in my childhood, i created in many ways. one day, i decided to paint the floor of a room in my basement. i filled a tin with deep purple and dark pink paint and submerged my feet and hands into it. i walked around this room and covered as much as i could, then i walked myself out onto the carpet to wash my hands in the sink, leaving my dark purple and pink foot prints behind on the carpet until they faded in the direction of the sink. of course my parents weren’t happy about the footprints on the carpet, but the room became mine and they both smiled at my art (even if it was permanently adhered to the floor). the art room became messier as i got older— and fuller with art.
i moved to los angeles in 2021 to attend college, i decided that wasn’t connecting and so i left to start my full-time career as an artist.
i spent two years exploring myself as an abstract painter and then another year showing that work around la. i traveled to france for an artist residency and was reminded of my love for the sounds of nature. i did not find myself as deeply connected to my painting practice as what i was hoping to.
a couple months later i found myself at the flower market where i was nudged back towards my long-untouched love for nature. i felt very relieved. i was reminded of my child-self, who knew more than i do now. i am constantly chasing her, i find her and get to be her again in my floral work.
please feel free to contact me through email, info@adriennehein.com to chat about custom arrangements, weekly flowers for your home, shop or office, or event florals— of any scale.
where my curiosity and creativity began.