Arabela is a visual artist based in Nyack, NY, known for her expressive, ethereal paintings that explore beauty, energy, and atmosphere through layered color and intuitive mark-making.
Born in New York, she began creating art at a young age and studied at Massachusetts College of Art and Design before pursuing alternative pathways in the Boston art scene. There, she began exhibiting and selling her work in unconventional venues, painting live at music events and collaborating with independent producers to create immersive art and music experiences.
In 2019, she was commissioned by the North Shore Community Development Coalition to create a public mural for the Punto Urban Art Museum in Salem, MA. She returned to New York in 2020, where she continues to grow her studio practice and professional portfolio. In addition to exhibiting her work and selling to private collectors, Arabela has licensed original artwork to clients including Outback Steakhouse and Stellar Snacks, and creates commissioned murals for commercial and public spaces.
Her work has been featured in multiple group exhibitions in both New York and Boston. As her practice evolves, she continues to expand her visual language, drawing inspiration from both the natural world and the emotional resonance of everyday life. She is a 2024 recipient of the Charlotte Mouquin Rising Star Award from the Arts Council of Rockland and was awarded the Artist Support Fund Grant in 2023. Arabela currently works out of her private studio in Nyack, where she continues to develop her practice and exhibit her work.
Artist Statement
My work is driven by a desire to create elevated emotional experiences - paintings that carry an energy you can feel as much as see. Whether abstract or representational, each piece is rooted in the exploration of high-vibrational frequencies and the way color, form, and atmosphere can shift perception and mood.
This collection of abstract floral paintings centers around the idea of celebrating strange and imperfect beauty through a timeless symbol: the flower. These florals are not literal - they are imagined interpretations shaped by sensation rather than accuracy. Pink plays a prominent role throughout the work, representing both love and femininity, and the interplay between strength and softness. I’m interested in how these qualities coexist, not only in nature but within ourselves.
Each painting evolves gradually, built through countless layers that develop in response to feeling, color, and rhythm. Saturated hues meet delicate glazes, and bold marks dissolve into subtle allusions of form. This intuitive process allows each canvas to reflect an energy that is fluid, responsive, and open-ended. Rather than depicting a fixed idea, each piece expresses a mood or tone meant to be felt on a sensory level. I work across a range of scales, from small, intimate canvases to large works over six feet tall, and even murals. While scale shifts the experience, I believe a small work can hold as much emotional weight as a monumental one.
In daily life, I’m constantly observing - drawn to quiet, fleeting moments of beauty that might otherwise go unnoticed. These moments become references for my work, sometimes directly through photographs, other times simply through the feeling they leave behind. I often share these glimpses online as part of my process, inviting others to slow down and tune into the layered beauty that exists all around us. My hope is that these paintings offer a space for reflection and inspiration, inviting a deeper connection to the natural world and to beauty in all its imperfect forms.
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