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.
“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
FEATURED WORKS
“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
