Arabella Proffer
@vendettabella.bsky.social
Award-winning artist working in trad and digital media. Living on the edge with terminal cancer. Based in Cleveland, Oh.
On the easel 🎨
November 28, 2023 at 4:13 AM
On the easel 🎨
My newest oil painting “Poetry at Dusk” another in a series of biomorphic tablescapes 🪸 I’m also on a coral kick.
November 22, 2023 at 2:08 AM
My newest oil painting “Poetry at Dusk” another in a series of biomorphic tablescapes 🪸 I’m also on a coral kick.
Video Void is my newest digital portrait of no one in particular.
November 12, 2023 at 3:34 AM
Video Void is my newest digital portrait of no one in particular.
New iPhone case with my art on it.
November 10, 2023 at 2:40 AM
New iPhone case with my art on it.
New digital art, a portrait of no one in particular. Done in Procreate 🖊️
November 6, 2023 at 10:01 PM
New digital art, a portrait of no one in particular. Done in Procreate 🖊️
Made another trip to Hillwood in DC. The icons are worth more than the whole estate and everything in it.
November 4, 2023 at 2:25 PM
Made another trip to Hillwood in DC. The icons are worth more than the whole estate and everything in it.
I know the focus is on Hamas right now, but Russians and young men from the “Stans” are being killed in droves by their own military for not obeying when they are sent to the front with no weapons, being used as meat shields. Their families are promised money and even fur coats, and are never paid.
October 28, 2023 at 6:58 PM
I know the focus is on Hamas right now, but Russians and young men from the “Stans” are being killed in droves by their own military for not obeying when they are sent to the front with no weapons, being used as meat shields. Their families are promised money and even fur coats, and are never paid.
New oil painting, Hypno Harvest…
October 25, 2023 at 2:59 PM
New oil painting, Hypno Harvest…
So my mom is now once again an “enemy of the state” for the first time since the Soviet days, which means my brothers and I are, too. All because of this interview (we’re Americans btw) youtu.be/h4Wjb8BAiBY?...
October 24, 2023 at 4:47 PM
So my mom is now once again an “enemy of the state” for the first time since the Soviet days, which means my brothers and I are, too. All because of this interview (we’re Americans btw) youtu.be/h4Wjb8BAiBY?...
The doubles Putin uses (supposedly there’s 3) aren’t even trying anymore. Like, the fact he’s left handed and wears his watch on his right. Pay attention next time “Putin” is on camera. They are getting a bit sloppy.
October 24, 2023 at 2:24 AM
The doubles Putin uses (supposedly there’s 3) aren’t even trying anymore. Like, the fact he’s left handed and wears his watch on his right. Pay attention next time “Putin” is on camera. They are getting a bit sloppy.
Newest ladies, done in Procreate 🖊️
October 22, 2023 at 9:30 PM
Newest ladies, done in Procreate 🖊️
Welp, after being with them since they began, I am deleting my Society6 shop by the end of this month. They’ve gotten too greedy, now with a new way to squeeze money out of artists.
October 20, 2023 at 1:25 AM
Welp, after being with them since they began, I am deleting my Society6 shop by the end of this month. They’ve gotten too greedy, now with a new way to squeeze money out of artists.
“Trouble” done in Procreate 🖊️ #art #digitalartist
October 3, 2023 at 1:14 AM
“Trouble” done in Procreate 🖊️ #art #digitalartist
2 liters of fluid drained from my abdomen that started with a bad chemo drug. I wish I had video because it was like watching a gross lava lamp.
September 28, 2023 at 1:10 PM
2 liters of fluid drained from my abdomen that started with a bad chemo drug. I wish I had video because it was like watching a gross lava lamp.
www.artyfartyblog.com My cancer is winning and we’ve decided to stop all treatments.
September 27, 2023 at 11:42 AM
www.artyfartyblog.com My cancer is winning and we’ve decided to stop all treatments.
Reposted by Arabella Proffer
I have a piece in the Washington Post today about those for whom the “post-Covid world” is not so “post.” Thanks in advance to anyone who’s reading 🎉🌱 www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Know what makes ‘post-covid’ life complicated? Cancer.
My husband has bone-marrow cancer. For us, the pandemic is only as over as it is safe to reenter the world: not particularly.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 20, 2023 at 4:40 PM
I have a piece in the Washington Post today about those for whom the “post-Covid world” is not so “post.” Thanks in advance to anyone who’s reading 🎉🌱 www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Believe me COVID is back and I cannot have more than one visitor here to the hospital. Which is fine by me!
September 25, 2023 at 4:20 PM
Believe me COVID is back and I cannot have more than one visitor here to the hospital. Which is fine by me!
This round of chemo is probably the darkest I’ve had yet, and I am on steroids for nausea so I don’t sleep. Fun times where the cure is just as bad as the disease. At least I can breathe in this round. And we still don’t know when I’ll get a clinical trial that doesn’t suddenly stop.
September 18, 2023 at 7:56 PM
This round of chemo is probably the darkest I’ve had yet, and I am on steroids for nausea so I don’t sleep. Fun times where the cure is just as bad as the disease. At least I can breathe in this round. And we still don’t know when I’ll get a clinical trial that doesn’t suddenly stop.
The worst chemo side effects I have ever endured. Had to cancel a talk at the art museum, postponed installation of another art party, but powered through a photo shoot for a story with The Guardian about us terminal people.
August 26, 2023 at 6:02 PM
The worst chemo side effects I have ever endured. Had to cancel a talk at the art museum, postponed installation of another art party, but powered through a photo shoot for a story with The Guardian about us terminal people.
Saturday Night, Sunday Morning. Done in Procreate.
August 19, 2023 at 2:10 PM
Saturday Night, Sunday Morning. Done in Procreate.
I’ve unexpected had to get a new port put in and begin chemo again on Monday. I hope it works because I feel like I’m a few weeks away from my organs being crushed by the tumors.
August 18, 2023 at 3:46 PM
I’ve unexpected had to get a new port put in and begin chemo again on Monday. I hope it works because I feel like I’m a few weeks away from my organs being crushed by the tumors.
I had a dream Chris Christie was standing near me at an event and I come to find out he stuck me with the $150 for him and his buddies chugging Rolling Rock. I was so mad I woke myself up from screaming “where is he?! I don’t even drink!” I was about to beat his ass.
August 13, 2023 at 9:22 PM
I had a dream Chris Christie was standing near me at an event and I come to find out he stuck me with the $150 for him and his buddies chugging Rolling Rock. I was so mad I woke myself up from screaming “where is he?! I don’t even drink!” I was about to beat his ass.
Art dealer Larry Gagosian is 78, on the left is his 27 yr-old girlfriend. While I do think she is a good painter, I did wonder how she got a solo show at Gagosian’s NYC gallery so fast. Huh.
August 9, 2023 at 4:49 PM
Art dealer Larry Gagosian is 78, on the left is his 27 yr-old girlfriend. While I do think she is a good painter, I did wonder how she got a solo show at Gagosian’s NYC gallery so fast. Huh.