The inspiration for Arabella's paintings is born out of everyday experiences. Arriving from the flatlands of East Anglia, the Welsh landscape hit her 'like a brick in the chest'. She can’t ignore it. She is beguiled and enchanted by it. From the charisma of the mountains to the quiet farms and chapels, she can’t stop painting it!
Arabella began her career as an abstract painter and has carried her interest in composition, pattern and colour through into her current, more representational work.
She takes inspiration from a wide range of artists including Picasso, Winifred Nicholson, Vuillard, Chagall, Utamaro, Indian miniatures and Russian religious iconography.
Arabella studied at Colchester Institute 1983–4, followed by Kingston Poly and City and Guilds School of Art.
