A Classically trained artist, Basa began painting at the young age of 8. Her early training still influences her as it is when she is painting "en plein air' that she is brought back to a time in her childhood when "painting was pure and comes from someplace deep within."
Basa's landscapes allure the viewer to move into the work with their radiant light and luminescent qualities reminiscent of the early Luminists and Tonalists of the American School. She is inspired by painters like Thomas Moran, George Inness and is continually striving to achieve a certain timelessness to her work.