Hernan Bas makes paintings that are tinged with nihilist romanticism and influenced by the writings of Joris Karl-Huysmans and Oscar Wilde. His portrayals of boyish exploration and supernatural landscapes are both elaborate and theatrical and depict androgynous figures engaged in rituals of courtship, love and death. He discussed the imagery in several of the prints he made at Paulson Fontaine Press (formerly Paulson Bott Press) in the spring of 2013.
