$2,500
Cupid's Last Stand bold color valentine theme dark humor hearts and cherubs
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
pastel on heavyweight toned paper framed under glass in floater fashion cherry wood frame wired and ready to display ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels an...
Pastel, Archival Paper
$4,500
Moon Bathers festive colorful green Coney island beach denizens women humor
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oil on stretched canvas heavy duty stretchers framing not required 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...
Oil, Canvas
$3,400
Flight bright yellow background female black central figure myth and romance
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oil on canvas on heavy duty stretcher framing recommended but not required. By in large Basso is self taught. (after initially attending the School of Visual Arts taking evening cour...
Paint, Oil, Canvas
$2,900
Dogwalker ... humans and animals urban setting humor strong design and color
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oil on cradled wood panel *ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasi...
Oil, Wood Panel
Smokestack, bright color masks urban setting romantic realism
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...
Archival Paper, Pastel
Aggressive Reflection, dreamlike still life female form expressive
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...
Platinum
Balance, Whimsical female with flowers, roses, bright golden sky
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...
Canvas, Oil
Three's a Crowd, whimsical colorful pastel on toned paper
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Three's a Crowd, whimsical colorful pastel on toned paper A Brooklyn native, much of Basso's wildly imaginative artwork was inspired by travel to Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and especiall...
Pastel, Archival Paper
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 ...
Charcoal, Pastel, Archival Paper
Sheet Music, whimsical, surrealist colorful pastel on paper
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Music theme, nude figures, abstract composition Pastel on paper *ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking ...
Paper, Oil
The Hypnotist large oil painting multiple figures violet and green colors
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Statement from Stephen Basso about “The Hypnotist” : “Some years ago I took a cruise for the first and probably the last time.I did not enjoy the experience but one night a show feat...
Oil, Canvas