Stephen Basso Art
American, b. 1953
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic yet thought provoking fables. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagination wry wit and fearless color. Mr. Basso's works evoke a high level of inquiry. The fanciful yet keenly observed characters are unpredictable and evocative. The viewer vacillates between surprised delight and consternation, A Brooklyn native much of Basso's art has been inspired by travel to Jamaica Puerto Rico and in particular Mexico blended with is urban New York experience.
By in large Basso is self taught ( after initially attending the School of Visual Arts for illustration he came to the conclusion painting was more engaging ) Seeking emotional honesty he has looked to the work of several mentors notably Max Beckmann Willem de Kooning Goya Marsden Hartley and Albert Pinkham Ryder to name a few...artists that speak to the human condition
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Artist: Stephen Basso
Fugitives soft pastel color human condition human and animal interactions
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel on toned sanded paper signed and dated bottom right hand corner. Part of a series of human and animal interactions. This work has some surrealistic and outsider qualities...
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2010s Contemporary Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Travel Guide. Seated male figure reading large yellow bird shaped canvas
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Painted on an arch shaped canvas signed on lower left and on reverse.
ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provo...
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Early 2000s American Modern Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bordertown Standing comical male figure w dogs bright yellow red orange
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imaginat...
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2010s Other Art Style Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
The Cloistered Baker male figure with cake cherub with cupcake earthy tones
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Signed and dated on reverse. Oil paintings on cradled wood panel Stephen BassoStephen BassoABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic...
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2010s Expressionist Stephen Basso Art
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Oil, Wood Panel
The Curious Feline inquisitive cat with stone sculpture soft blended color
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel on toned sanded archival paper signed bottom right. Suitable for framing under glass
ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are r...
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2010s Outsider Art Stephen Basso Art
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Pastel, Archival Paper
Playa Citra (citrus Beach) colorful citrus fruits red beagle dog beach
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oi on canvas signed on reverse surreal dreamlike quality
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Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Masquerade heart shaped male figure catching masked female figure cat watching
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagina...
Category
2010s Expressionist Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
The One That Got Away. Smoking man in antique bathtub soft green tones humorous
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is an oil on wood painting. There is a rough stipple texture to this work achieved by mixing a pumice like compound into the primer. The work is consistent with the artists humo...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
The Egg Farmer half man/ostrich walking on eggs by a dark sea humorous overtones
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel on toned archival paper signed on bottom left. It is mounted on an acid free foam board suitable for framing under glass. The dimensions with board are 32x 40 inABOUT Ste...
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2010s Surrealist Stephen Basso Art
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Pastel, Archival Paper
Champagne Toast reclining female figure with five faces in large mirrors
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The subject is primarily about multiple personalities. It is signed and dated on the reverse side.
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings ar...
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2010s Feminist Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Girl with pork pie hat. Black and white small head portrait drawing.
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a charcoal and gouache drawing initialed on bottom left. It is signed and titled on the reverse. Including the Frame it measures 15x 11 in.
Please note: THERE IS NO CHARGE ...
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2010s Expressionist Stephen Basso Art
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Charcoal, Gouache, Archival Paper
Cliffhanger Nudes female nude grouping nudes in nature warm colors
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
soft pastel on toned archival heavyweight toned paper. suitable for framing under glass. this is one of the artists ongoing series titled Nudes With Attitude.
Category
2010s Expressionist Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Surrogate Family cat woman and with her extended family on sofa humorous theme
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a recent oil on linen canvas mounted on cradled wood panel signed and dated on reverse . Created earlier this year, the artist has titled it in response to the current politi...
Category
2010s American Modern Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Linen, Oil, Wood Panel
Hex Key Nude seated female figure with birds perched on large shaped hex keys
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel of seated nude on toned archival paper warm muted earth tones signed and dated on bottom left hand corner. . Suitable for framing under glass
ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephe...
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2010s Post-Modern Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel, Archival Paper
Sinking Ship Blues lone female figure holding flowers and wine dark colors
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is an oil on linen canvas mounted on a 1/4 inch plywood panel. It is signed and dated on the reverse side
Category
2010s Expressionist Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Linen, Plywood, Oil
Perch. Seated dark clothed female figure holding white large bird.
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This whimsical work is an oil on linen canvas mounted on a cradled wood panel suitable for framing. It is signed and dated by the artist on reverse side.
The colors are warm greens a...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Trojan Cat surreal dreamlike image of small boy inside a large black cat
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagina...
Category
1980s Surrealist Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Oil, Linen
Bird Trainers seated male standing female figure white tropical bird hot color
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Surrealistic, stylized magic realism oil painting of oversize bird and 2 people signed and dated on reverse
ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil pai...
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2010s Expressionist Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
cold snap, strange character dressed for winter, red coat
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on wood
Category
2010s Expressionist Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
Velvet Ensemble group of female performers hot red and soft yellow color
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel on red toned paper signed and dated on bottom left. Part of a series of music themes by the artist
Reminiscent of Botero and Diego Rivera
ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephe...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
The Wine Merchant female figure with large black wine bottles vibrant color
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel on toned sanded archival paper suitable for framing under glass.
Signed by artist
ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are rom...
Category
2010s Expressionist Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Lullaby music by the sea guitars and song soft tranquil dreamlike color
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stephen Basso's highly original paintings are romantic yet thought provoking musings. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagination wry wit and fearless color
The elemen...
Category
2010s Surrealist Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jugglers. Acrobats w table large bird w bread loaf red undertone fantasy
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imaginat...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel, Archival Paper
Love Song Coney Island theme women bathers strong vibrant colors humor reds
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oil on canvas signed and dated on reverse.
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagination, wry wit and fearless color. His shrewd social observations often translate into eerily humorous figurative scenes and narratives. Mr. Basso’s works evoke a high level of inquiry. The fanciful, yet keenly observed characters are unpredictable and evocative. The viewer vacillates between surprise, delight, and consternation.
.) Seeking emotional honesty, he looked to the work of several "mentors": Max Beckmann, Francisco Goya, Willem de Kooning , Philip Guston , Marsden Hartley and Albert Pinkham Ryder...
Category
1980s Expressionist Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Da Vinci Feds. Two seated suited male figures flanking a reclining woman
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagin...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Modern Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sand Cat Lady humorous depicting of a seated woman on beach with sand sculpture
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imaginat...
Category
2010s Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Battle Station. colorful food medley of eggplants and leeks on kitchen table
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This part of a series titled Restless Still Lie by the artist depicting everyday objects engaged in some particular drama hence the title.
It is soft pastel on toned archival sanded...
Category
2010s Expressionist Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Pastel, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Strong Champagne . Humorous interior fantasy w red sofa
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a soft pastel on toned archival paper suitable for framing under glass . The artist has signed and dated the work on the bottom right.
Category
2010s American Modern Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Birdie Mae Sings the Blues surreal music birds saxophone trumpet autumn colors
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Part of a series of recent ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are al...
Category
2010s Contemporary Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Carousel humorous dreamlike narrative story expressive human condition greys
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel and charcoal on toned archival toned paper signed and dated bottom left . On view at the table Rasa Gallery in Brooklyn NY.
Category
2010s Expressionist Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Chicken Run female figure with umbrella vintage american car castle tower
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This recent pastel is on toned archival paper suitable for framing under glass.
Category
2010s American Modern Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Artist and Model # 2 warm sepia toned linear nude female with tattoo
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This mixed media drawing on toned archival sanded heavyweight paper is the second in a recent series if pastels depicting the artist and Model subject which had been done extensively...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal, Pastel, Archival Paper
Hide and Seek still life peppers and lemons Spanish influence dark undercurrent
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oil on linen canvas heavy duty stretcher framing recommended but not required. Part pf a series by the artist titled RESTLESS STILL LIFE
Category
Early 2000s Post-Modern Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Global Warming rich color humor art topical subject birds and human interaction
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oil on stretched canvas signed an dated on reverse.
Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic yet thought provoking narratives. His whimsical works are alive wit...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Black and Blue Cat Woman. Charcoal three quarter drawing of large Lady with cats
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Seen here is a charcoal drawing of a large Lady with cats. The unique work of Stephen Basso is wildly imaginative. While he is also a brilliant colorist, the monochromatic charcoal...
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2010s Expressionist Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper
Lucky Cat Lady colorful seated woman w six live kittens and chinese lucky cat
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This large scale pastel on toned archival paper is suitable for framing under glass to protect the soft pastel medium . It is signed and dated on the bottom left corner. The subject ...
Category
2010s American Modern Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
A Song for Goya, colorful musical theme painting
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Music Scale, Bright colors, Musical instruments violin bass male female figures
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imaginat...
Category
2010s Expressionist Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
TiTi Dolores and Coquito sitting female portrait with pet chihuahua dark colors
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This recent painting is part on an ongoing series of humans and their non human companions. It is painted on linen canvas mounted on a cradled wood panel. Signed and dated by the art...
Category
2010s Expressionist Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Linen, Oil, Wood Panel
Isolation Blues contemporary social realism dark humor topical art man cat
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
pastel on toned paper signed bottom left
Category
2010s Expressionist Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Hat in the Ring, Fashion themed pastel on archival paper with shoes, mirror
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagina...
Category
2010s American Modern Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Warm Reflections pool theme sunny colors florida suburbia human condition
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oil on stretched linen canvas framing not required signed and dated on reverse
Category
2010s American Modern Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Pink Mirror two women with masks bedroom dresser flowers warm red and yellows
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This wildly colorful oil painting on linen canvas is signed and dated on the ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Yellow Nude with Blackbirds standing female nude black tree and bird background
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An early work on a series of nude figures that have been part of the artist's extensive body of work. The pastel colors are strong and vibrant with extensive reworking . It i
s signe...
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1980s Expressionist Stephen Basso Art
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Pastel, Archival Paper
Flight Lesson man and bird theme muted color humor in art
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
a touching portrait of a man and his parrot. oil on canvas signed on reverse
Category
2010s Contemporary Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dealmaker, businessman character study cigar bird narrative
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on canvas
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagination, wr...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Corner of 9th and de Chirico surreal urban landscape warm black Grey and red
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel on Grey toned archival paper signed and dated. This is a large pastel painting suitable for framing under glass. The artist is reminded of the great Italian painter after...
Category
2010s Expressionist Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel, Archival Paper
Joe Gould
s Significant Other, surrealist fantasy charcoal and pastel drawing
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charcoal and pastel on toned paper
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
The title and subject of this original pastel painting on paper references a work by Alice Neel.
Stephen Basso's highly origi...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Archival Paper
Inner Sanctum interior scene man an cat theme dark and bright color combination
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
this is oil on wood panel with a rough sandy textured surface . it comes ready to hang with a black frame that nicey complements the color scheme
Category
2010s Modern Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
salty sue and kandy korn, colorful woman and bird humorous people pets
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
one of a series of people and their pets painted on wood panel suitable for framed smooth texture
Category
2010s Expressionist Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Bluebird Spring garden setting large female figure soft warm Grey violet yellow
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is an oil painting on jute canvas mounted on a cradled wood board. It is signed and dated by the artist on reverse. The texture is rough yet dense with a strong balance of light...
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2010s Outsider Art Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Jute, Wood, Oil, Canvas
the sculptor, charcoal and pastel
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
narrative depiction of sculptor at work
Pastel and charcoal on toned paper unframed
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet ...
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2010s Expressionist Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel, Archival Paper
gravesend, oler woman w city scape window yellow tones
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pastel on toned paper
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive ...
Category
2010s American Modern Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Strongman and Fire eater circus, coney island influences colorful carnival
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on board mounted on a wooden frame suitable for immediate hanging. The board has been primed with an acrylic pumice gel giving the surface a rough texture visible from the photo...
Category
2010s Expressionist Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Brass
Hollywood portrait of girl with red wig
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on canvas
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagination, w...
Category
2010s American Modern Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Precarious, Nude dark colors female nude figure on top of tilting pillows
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An early work by the artist depicting a Nude posing atop a totem. ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking ...
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1980s American Modern Stephen Basso Art
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Cotton Canvas, Oil
Bread and Cabbage Nude food and seated nude female figure warm earth tones
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel on toned archival sanded paper signed and dated bottom right corner. One of many pastel nudes by the artist who has done extensive work in the medium in addition to his o...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
"Procession" coney island theme beach scene humorous lush green colors
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
this is an oil on canvas heavy duty stretchers signed on reverse
It was selected for the summer in the city exhibition at the tabla rasa gallery in brookl...
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Rapunzel by the Sea, fairy tale narrative, colorful whimsical fantasy
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rapunzel figure narrative, colorful
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical w...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Looking South. NYC urban landscape Part Mexico city landscape melded together
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is an experimental work by the artist combining two different city landscapes. It was created after the artist's return to New York after visiting Mexico
Category
1990s American Modern Stephen Basso Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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