Jeff Bass has been painting since age nine, and credits his mother--an artist herself--as his most significant influence. At age thirteen, he began formal lessons in drawing and painting with a portrait painter and instructor from Scotland. He sold his first painting--a depiction of Chesapeake Bay from a family residence in Norfolk, Virginia--at age fourteen. Before he graduated from high school, he was selling prints of his artwork and working as a professional illustrator.

Today, he completes fine art portraits and historical works for private collections and museums. His work is represented in the Smithsonian Institute, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Museum of Naval Aviation, and the National World War II Museum, to name a few. He has painted luminaries including President George H. W. Bush, and Florida Governor Jeb Bush (for the Florida Capital).

He has exhibited at the National Academy of  Design in New York and his paintings have been featured in books, magazines, the Associated Press, Reuters and the Times of London. His work has also been featured on CNN, Fox News and France 2 Television. Jeff Bass works in oil as well as in various aqueous media--he is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society.