Arabella Shand

Arabella Shand’s work is primarily focused on the domestic areas of life, drawing on family, landscape and nature for inspiration. Her bright and bold compositions reflect her love of pattern and colour and her exuberant paintings of flowers recall the strong sense of design to be found in the painting of Cedric Morris. Ari was born and lived on the Essex /Suffolk borders for many years, and now lives in Wales.

Arabella Shand’s work is primarily focused on the domestic areas of life drawing on family, landscape and nature for inspiration. She takes inspiration from a wide range of artists including Picasso, Winifred Nicholson, Vuillard, Chagall, Utamaro, Indian miniatures and Russian religious iconography. She studied at Colchester Institute 1983–4, followed by Kingston Poly and City and Guilds School of Art. Arabella has recently moved to Wales from East Anglia. She began her career as an abstract painter and has carried her interest in composition, pattern and colour through into her current, more representational work.