BasselsJ

Through art, stories, and teaching, I explore the human condition: emotion, learning, conflict. My work is an ongoing journey and discovery of refinement, healing, and insight.

21 posts

Sculpture & Installation

Me Instrument in the We Orchestra

I created this Me Instrument in the We Orchestra sculpture with my 2 sons during the height of the COVID-19

BasselsJ

Apr 5, 2020 1 min read

Drawing

Bizmo’s Words of Virtue

About the time I began painting the wisdom kings, I started reading stories to the younger children in my classes,

BasselsJ

Mar 1, 2019 2 min read

Sketches & Studies

Fighting Sculptures

I explored fighting sculptures through which the children used static blocks, strikes, and kicks that otherwise they knew as fighting

BasselsJ

May 18, 2018 2 min read

Sketches & Studies

Faces from and while in Cuba

During a trip to Cuba, I was exploring my ideas of martialism related to living and daily life. I arranged

BasselsJ

Mar 8, 2018 3 min read

Painting

Arnis Art

Filipino Martial Arts is a passion of mine. I have trained in Arnis since the 1990s and have had the

BasselsJ

Mar 8, 2018 3 min read

Sketches & Studies

Musicians - Sketches

My sister was a rising Jazz musician struggling to make her way. Something about this struggle intrigued me; there was

BasselsJ

Aug 20, 2017 3 min read