Artist's Biography

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D M Bass is a fine artist and author-illustrator creating art and artful fiction in CO. Her fine art, expressed through oil painting, explores subjects directly. That is, as she experiences them. She has a fondness for painting colorful fruits and vegetables, houses and plants rooted in time or season, and collections of household items. Current themes in her still life work use plastics and embroidery-like embellishments to represent aspects of globalism.  Her illustrations tell stories. They embellish her fiction writing to entertain middle-grade, young adult, and adult audiences. She holds a degree in architecture and a minor in English with a concentration in deconstructionist poetry from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She holds an MBA from CU Denver. Her art education comes from studying and practicing architecture alongside a lifelong passion for drawing and painting. She's a regular participant in the contemporary artist Rob Gratiot's "Developing Your Own Style..." classes at the Arts Students League of Denver. Her past artwork can be found in homes in Virginia, Washington D.C., Florida, Texas, and Colorado. She has exhibited at The Cambridge Center for Adult Education in Cambridge, MA, The French Press in Denver, CO, The Colorado Symphony Guild Shop at the Boettcher Hall in Denver, CO, The 2025 Gilpin Arts Annual Juried Show, and in her own home. 

I'm a realist artist painting from life. My fine art expresses scenes I find beautiful. Some are like a soft breeze; solitary and light-feeling. Others are symphonic; rich in connection and performance. All are part of something bigger than themselves. I enjoy the juxtaposition of the living with the inanimate and the je ne sais quoi, that indescribable something, they express where they meet. Strong drawing skills are the heart of my work. They support my desire to represent what I see. Together, my drawing and observational skills shape the ways I express light and shadow, value, form, edges, texture, and color. And when I've communicated what I found in a moment, that synesthesia that compells me to paint, I sign my name. 

I hope you find inspiration in my fine art.  D M Bass