Art has been a lifetime passion for Tricia Bass. Her love of the great outdoors and particularly the Rocky Mountains, has led her to a career as a plein air painter. “I am often so moved by what I see,  that I feel a great responsibility to bring that emotion to the viewer”, the artist states.  Bass has learned that the essence of feeling and the play of light and color in a scene is what she hopes to catch in a simple, pleasing way.  It is not always the breathtaking vista that excites her but sometimes the smallest, simplest subject will catch her eye to inspire her to bring paint to canvas.  In addition to exploring Colorado, Bass also loves to paint on the California coast, Montana and Utah.  She lives on the front range of the Rockies, near Denver.

AWARDS & HONORS

 2015 Paint The Parks National Exhibition, Selected Participant for large works & Honorable Mention in Miniatures

2nd Place Traditional – 2013 Plein Air Along The Yellowstone, Livingston, MT

 1st Place Associate Award – 2011 Plein Air Artists Of Colorado 15th National Juried Exhibition, Saks Gallery, Denver

Selected participant 2013 National American Impressionist Society Exhibition, Charleston, SC

Selected participant 2011 National American Impressionist Society Exhibition, Carmel, California

SourceTech Award – 40th Annual National Exhibition Women Artists Of The West 2010

Plein Air Artists Of Colorado 2010 Taos Paint-Out, 3rd Place – Selected by jury of peers

3rd Place -Wyoming Plein Air 2009, Cheyenne, Wyoming

2nd Place, Professionals Division ‘Paint, Sculpt, Shoot Evergreen’ 2008, Evergreen, Colorado

1st Place, Works on Canvas – Lonetree Art Exhibit 2008, Lonetree, Colorado

17th Annual National Art Exhibition 2007, Fort Collins, Colorado – Honorable Mention

59th Blossom Festival 2006, Fremont, Colorado – Honorable Mention