Arlette Stella is an abstract painter with occasional work that expresses surrealism. She is self-taught, late-blooming and unstoppable. Her work is characterized by bold colors, since she is mainly color-blind and needs bold colors to see the work. Arlette’s philosophical nature is the basis for her work. Every work is the result of a conversation she has had with canvas, paints and colors.
Each work aims to incur, inspire, and maybe even nudge (kick you in the yeah-butt!) the viewer to experience and act on kindness. Arlette states clearly: Kindness is my brand!
Arlette Stella is an artist member of the San Diego Artist Guild of the San Diego Museum and of the Artist Guild of Palm Springs/Palm Desert, among other artist groups.
$1,400Sale Price|20% Off
The Key to When
By Arlette Stella
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Time is but a concept that we create to keep existence in an order. This piece seeks to encourage questioning time, the impact and control it might have on existence and just where i...
Canvas, Acrylic
$400Sale Price|20% Off
The Last Tree
By Arlette Stella
Located in Palm Desert, CA
What would the last tree do? Would it come through a window, a door? There are several of the works that I have generated that express the deep concern I hold for our home planet. Th...
Pastel, Acrylic, Board
$1,180Sale Price|20% Off
My Dancing Dragons
By Arlette Stella
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Abstract. Philosophical. Colorful. Dancing dragons spout fire and fill the sky with their bodies and dance. Each one is a different size and color. Two of the larger ones have their...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,120Sale Price|20% Off
The Masterpiece: Dharma
By Arlette Stella
Located in Palm Desert, CA
The Sakyamuni (Historical) Buddha is credited with developing the teaching known as The Dharma. For me, that teaching is a masterpiece. Perfect understanding of the human condition a...
Linen, Acrylic
$1,120Sale Price|20% Off
Oppressive Hope
By Arlette Stella
Located in Palm Desert, CA
You can read this from left to right or right to left. Within your choice is your current mindset. From right to left, it expresses the loss of hope. From left to right, it encourage...
Canvas, Acrylic
Down by the Seashore Star
By Arlette Stella
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Kindness offered in the colorful chaos and vivid imagination of one seashore vision. Inspired by one of my favorite spots in San Diego, this rendition of Mission Bay expresses the m...
Canvas, Acrylic
In Yer Face
By Arlette Stella
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Abstract. Philosophical. Colorful. Do you see it? The face. It is right in front of you. It is like looking for your glasses that are on top of your head. FUN, right?! Are you so c...
Canvas, Acrylic
YChing 34 Great Strength
By Arlette Stella
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Abstract. Philosophical. Colorful. This canvas wanted to interconnect with the Y Ching AKA I Ching. It is termed the Chinese Book of Changes. It is one of the main books of the spiri...
Paste, Gesso, Varnish, Acrylic
Tribute to Paul Horn: Inside
By Arlette Stella
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Abstract. Philosophical. Colorful. It seems that I cannot work with music unless it is classical or a specific artist. This piece was generated as I listened to the jazz flutist Paul Horn...
Ink, Acrylic
To Cry or Not to Cry
By Arlette Stella
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Abstract. Philosophical. Colorful. Tears tell many stories. Happy tears tell stories of joy and even relief. Sad tears tell stories of loss and pain. When you cry, do you know what...
Canvas, Acrylic
Entanglement
By Arlette Stella
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Abstract. Philosophical. Colorful. This piece can be turned any way the viewer wishes. Here it is placed with the yellow edging on the right side. The bright yellow was the first c...
Acrylic
Play the Dream
By Arlette Stella
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Abstract. Philosophical. Colorful. As this piece evolved, we had a huge argument. I took a dark color, maddeningly placed it on the brush with great abandon and swiped it across the ...
Gesso, Acrylic, Board
$1,280Sale Price|20% Off
Pick Your Mask
By Arlette Stella
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Every one of us has many faces. Each mask is just another part of the truth about you. In one situation, there is one mask and another mask in yet another experience. New masks are a...
Canvas, Acrylic
$880Sale Price|51% Off
What You See is What You ... ??
By Arlette Stella
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Abstract. Philosophical. Colorful. Perspective controls every aspect of life and all the experiences. This piece is an effort to share my fascination with that truth. There is the c...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,480Sale Price|20% Off
Thought Bubbles
By Arlette Stella
Located in Palm Desert, CA
The authentic thought is in the middle. POV is critical since with each bubble, there are different thoughts. Even the center bubble with an authentic/kind thought is dependent on yo...
Canvas, Acrylic
Breathe Out
By Arlette Stella
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Abstract. Philosophical. Colorful. This is a tribute to the jazz flutist, Paul Horn. While listening to his amazing talent on my turn table, these colors an...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,431Sale Price|20% Off
Lerts A-Lerting
By Arlette Stella
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Have you ever seen an Alert alerting? Well, now you have! Here are some Lerts A-Lerting. Up to you to decide what is so important that they are all A-lerting at the same time!! Is i...
Gesso, Acrylic, Board
$800Sale Price|27% Off
Unintended Gratitude
By Arlette Stella
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Abstract. Philosophical. Colorful. This started with the joy of blue like water and sky. More layers later, green more like water, ponds, lakes and rivers showed up. Next came blob...
Paste, Gesso, Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache
$800Sale Price|20% Off
Shattered
By Arlette Stella
Located in Palm Desert, CA
The lines that pierce to the center of the painting represent the pain and struggle that pierces our lives and world. This also represents how it feels to live in a divided world str...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,600Sale Price|20% Off
Scattered
By Arlette Stella
Located in Palm Desert, CA
When you feel scattered, where are you? Your thoughts are one direction, your heart is another and your breath is lost. It all feels divided and lost. this painting represents that f...
Canvas, Acrylic
$960Sale Price|20% Off
A Possibility Garden
By Arlette Stella
Located in Palm Desert, CA
So many layers, such texture and at each one, I did not like some of what was happening. So, another layer entered, and then another. Finally, the story it wanted to tell took shape....
Ink, Acrylic, Gouache
$1,360Sale Price|20% Off
In Hale Liberation. Ex Hale Limitation.
By Arlette Stella
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Abstract. Philosophical. Colorful. This piece flew together. The brushstrokes nearly flew from my hand to the Board. The colors demanded to play. But a name just did not show up. I...
Paste, Gesso, Acrylic, Board
$1,120Sale Price|20% Off
Rise Up Anyway!
By Arlette Stella
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Even when the heaviness and challenge offered in life blocks your view, rise up anyway. This was personal. Each time there is a a challenge, for me to rise u...
Gesso, Linen, Acrylic
Which Where?
By Arlette Stella
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Abstract. Philosophical. Colorful. Greens and blues express and encourage your experience in the differences in the places and times that are presented here in an abstract format. A...
Acrylic, Paste
$460Sale Price|20% Off
H 20 in W 16 in D 0.13 in
Floating Castle - Contemporary Surreal Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Fantastical surreal landscape with a floating castle in an idyllic, dream-like setting with bright blue sky and green grass by Melissa Barkley (Ameri...
Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard
"Untitled, " Acrylic Painting
By Ifeoluwa Alade
Located in Denver, CO
Ifeoluwa Alade ( Nigeria based) "Untitled" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts a female model with colorful butterflies and a dark background. Artist bio: Ifeol...
Acrylic, Canvas
On Hold|$765
H 19.69 in W 15.75 in D 0.79 in
Tender Memories. Medium size absract painting, coral, lilac, blue, floral
By Tatiana Hellum
Located in Oslo, NO
This abstract painting is created through layered application of paint, with a strong focus on texture and surface. Soft, muted tones interact with warmer coral and smoky lilac hues,...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,475
H 31 in W 50 in
Lucky Road - Abstract Large Scale Lively Geometric Landscape Painting on Canvas
By Maria C. Bernhardsson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Maria C Bernhardsson's original artworks are influenced by the architecture and geometry of houses. Born in Sweden, Bernhardsson travels the world photographing and sketching houses ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,250
H 55.12 in W 55.12 in D 0.4 in
"From The Chair On The Porch" Lloyd Tabing, abstract, abstract expressionism
Located in Jönköping, SE
"From The Chair On The Porch" 140 x 140 Acrylic on Canvas, Hanging material included An exploration of beauty and energy, Tabing’s paintings are a visual representation of the dic...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,945
H 10 in Dm 10 in
A Duck Flying Above the Clouds - Original Floral Surrealist Artwork on Canvas
By Carlos Gamez de Francisco
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The figurative surrealistic paintings of Carlos Gamez de Francisco are heavily influenced by his Cuban upbringing in a Russian-governed academic setting. This presence exposed Franci...
Canvas, Acrylic
$877Sale Price|25% Off
H 15.75 in W 11.82 in D 0.6 in
Original-La Vie en Rose-Awarded Artist-British School-Expression-Summer Bloom
Located in London, GB
Summer Bloom series began in 2022, where Shizico Yi celebrating the season by painting en plein air in her garden. In 2024, she embarks on a fresh chapter with her new rose garden. T...
Gesso, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$4,500
H 48 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
"Bitcoin" - Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Painting in Gold, Red, and Black
Located in Carmel, CA
Thomas Whent (Canadian-American, born 1949) "Bitcoin" 2025 Acrylic Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the back of the painting. "Bitcoin" is a bold tangle of fire-orang...
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
$647
H 31.11 in W 17.72 in
Crows. Contemporary Mixed Media Painting, Abstraction, Birds, Polish art
By Anna Mikke
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary mixed media on board painting by Polish artist Anna Mikke. Birds are next to people favourite artistic subject of Mikke. This piece is in neutral colors, the background ...
Pastel, Acrylic, Gouache, Board
$3,413Sale Price|20% Off
H 39.38 in W 31.89 in D 1.58 in
Llama al Sol Acrylic Painting, Inflatable Llama in Andean Landscape
By Sofía Cristina Jiménez
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Acrylic painting depicting a silver inflatable llama positioned within a high-altitude Andean mountain landscape, examining the interaction between artificial imagery and remote natu...
Canvas, Linen, Acrylic
$3,295
H 55.12 in W 55.12 in D 1.97 in
Large Original Abstract Blue and Green Acrylic Painting on Canvas "Forest"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Much of Hubert's inspiration is drawn from time spent at sea on his surfski, immersed in the rhythm, movement, and elemental force of water. These encounters with nature form the fou...
Canvas, Acrylic
$7,000
H 52 in W 72 in D 2 in
Summer Mountains Wyoming Gold Diggins Abstract Landscape by Erle Loran, Berkeley
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright and vibrant abstracted landscape depicting the Wyoming mountains on a summer day by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999). From a collection of his works. Estate stamp on verso. Un...
Canvas, Acrylic