For a century, the Bowery has fostered artists and movements. Now, open your world to the creative spirits behind our larger Now or Never cabins. These local artists made each space their canvas.
Alyss is a multidisciplinary artist and designer from Brooklyn, New York. Influenced by the vibrant and long history of New York, the mural for Now Now was created by layering common motifs and colors seen around the city. The energy of every era of New York City lives in plain sight through ephemera, street art, and decades-old signage as a reminder of those that chose to leave a mark.
Daniela Araya is a designer and artist who believes color has the power to transform spaces and spark emotion. Whether designing an interior or painting a mural, she’s always thinking about the story a space tells—using color, shape, and movement to bring it to life.
Her work at Now Now Hotel is all about bold, abstract forms and a playful mix of hues inspired by movement and curiosity. Designed to feel like a natural extension of their surroundings, her murals invite guests to step into a world of joy, creativity, and exploration.
Lori is an artist whose recent paintings embraces abstraction, translating landscapes, travel, and fleeting human experiences into layered compositions. Through her works, she meditates on preservation—what we choose to hold onto and what time erases. Inspired by nature’s quiet resilience, her work becomes a window into memory, highlighting the moments we hold dear.
Ella Barnes is a multimedia artist and educator working at the intersection of photography, sculpture, and collage through the cyanotype process. Using light-sensitive chemistry, she creates images without a camera, shaping light through shadow with sculpted materials and assembled objects. The resulting work explores a sky-like dimension, transmitting emotional content through luminous form and pattern.
As an educator, Ella is passionate about fostering creative discovery. She is committed to expanding access to the process through workshops and online classes, making it more widely available. Her work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. Ella lives in Brooklyn, New York, and regularly teaches in person at institutions like Penumbra Foundation.
“I’m an artist who grew up in NJ/NY but have spent the past decade living in South Korea.
When I tattoo or paint custom pieces, I work in realism, but when I have full creative freedom—like with album covers—I’m drawn to the sky: clouds, sunrises, sunsets, and stars.
There’s something universally moving about them, a quiet beauty that makes people pause. To me, they’re a glimpse of God’s artistry. I wanted this mural to bring that same sense of peace to anyone who stays here.
Realism comes naturally, but there’s magic in controlled unpredictability—drips, textures, movement. That balance is what makes this piece special.”
Zach Blumner is a visual artist, educator, and scenic designer from New York. He’s fascinated by entities that are ephemeral and beings that are reclusive. Zach is a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology (Illustration), University of Southern California (Theatre Design), and NYU Tisch design for stage and film (Set Design). He currently resides in Brooklyn, NY.
Zach’s piece is about home and NYC—how the feeling of home lives in bars, in subway cars, in stickers of goats on telephone poles. It’s woven into the people you know intimately and the strangers you pass on the street. Home is not just a place, but a pastiche of moments, faces, and fleeting connections.
Paul Wackers is an Artist working in New York. He has shown nationally and internationally and is collected in various public and private collections. For more information on his work, check out his website, or follow along on Instagram.
