diff --git a/google/cloud/bigquery/_pandas_helpers.py b/google/cloud/bigquery/_pandas_helpers.py
index e97dda7e5..e76b4d0a8 100644
--- a/google/cloud/bigquery/_pandas_helpers.py
+++ b/google/cloud/bigquery/_pandas_helpers.py
@@ -306,7 +306,13 @@ def bq_to_arrow_array(series, bq_field):
         return pyarrow.ListArray.from_pandas(series, type=arrow_type)
     if field_type_upper in schema._STRUCT_TYPES:
         return pyarrow.StructArray.from_pandas(series, type=arrow_type)
-    return pyarrow.Array.from_pandas(series, type=arrow_type)
+    try:
+        return pyarrow.Array.from_pandas(series, type=arrow_type)
+    except Exception as e:
+        _LOGGER.error(
+            f'Error converting Pandas column "{series.name}" to pyarrow Array'
+        )
+        raise e
 
 
 def get_column_or_index(dataframe, name):