LYDIA BASSIS
Seattle, WA
Past Exhibitions Biography CV Statement
Lydia Bassis is a contemporary painter based in Seattle, WA. Her abstract paintings tell stories using an invented language of shapes and symbols. Bassis uses these symbols intuitively and improvisationally to depict unseen energies of thoughts, dreams, and intuitions that hover mysteriously, yet harmoniously within contemplative backdrops.
During a time of global social distancing, these ruminative works filled with expressive imagery awaken a deep sense of wonder that offers a touch-point to the enchantments of the natural world while we temporarily stay at home.
MANY MOONS
50 X 50″ acrylic, graphite collage and Kozo paper on panel
MEMORY VEIL BUOY
72 X 48″ acrylic on paper on wood panel
LITTLE SECRETS
72 X 48″ acrylic and paper on panel
PUSH FORWARD
36 X 27.75″ acrylic and collage on paper mounted on wood panel
CARLOT
14 X 11″ oil on panel
LEAP
14 X 11″ acrylic and oil on paper on panel
SALTY AIR
16 X 16″ acrylic and Kozo paper over panel
POND
40 X 48″ acrylic, graphite, paper on panel
“Over the years I have developed a personal language of shapes. I use my invented language to symbolically convey things that can’t be described in words and things that can’t be seen, like energy.”
– Lydia Bassis
FORESHADOW
37 X 27.75″ acrylic on paper, framed
“I create paintings that tell stories using an invented language of personal symbols. Working intuitively and improvisationally, my paintings explore unseen things in our world, like energy, and experiences that can’t be put into words.”
– Lydia Bassis
UPTOWN
39 X 27.5″ acrylic on paper, framed
PERMISSION SLIP
30 X 22″ acrylic on paper, framed
SOLD
UNSPOKEN, Lydia’s most recent exhibition at our Pioneer Square, Seattle art gallery, featured a collection of new paintings demonstrating the artist’s interest in quantum theory and the concept that everything in nature is energy. Throughout this series, the artist refers to similar forms and symbols, the majority of works primarily acrylic on canvas, with others that include graphite, collage, or oil paint. On wood panels, the artist applies thin layers of clear acrylic to attach Japanese Kozo paper, achieving an almost translucent effect.
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UNTOLD STORIES
27 X 20″ acrylic on paper, framed
