Native Californian Betty Anne Stewart Kirkpatrick is known for the paintings inspired by her travels throughout Europe, Central America, the Orient and Tahiti, as well as her works depicting the excitement of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. "Tomorrow's Dragon," a collection of works inspired by her visit to the People's Republic of China, exhibited at the Long Beach Museum of Art and she has been named the Official Artist of the Long Beach Grand Prix.

The recipent of many awards, BASK's paintings have been shown at the Oakland, Downey, Laguna, San Bernardino and Long Beach Museums, and at U.C. berkeley and Irvine, along with Edward Dean Museum and the National Academy in New York. Her painting, "Brambilla's Corner," inspired by the Long Beach Grand prix, exhibited in the El Paso Museum. Her paintings are in the collection of the Central Art Academy in Peking China, the Long Beach Museum of Art, the Chekiang Art Academy in Hangchow, the Founder's Collection of the California State Colleges, the California Federal Savings and Loan permanent collections, the Kappa Delta Sorority, UCLA, Ellis Schrader Realty, Huntington School, Sterling Development, Orbit Petroleum, Lubri Lon inc and Long Beach Grand Prix Associations collections; as well as many other public and private collections in the USA, Europe, South America, the South Pacific and the Orient, including those of entertainer Dean Martin, former Secretary of HEW, Robert Finch, LBGP president Chris Pook, and Formula 1 racing drivers Carlos Reutemann and Gilles Villenueve. Among the exhibits of which her paints have been a part are the Mt. San Jacinto College, Chataqua N.Y., Cedar City, Utah, and Inland Show in San Bernardino, Hillcrest Invitational, Cerritos Open, Rocky Mountain National Watercolor, San Diego National Watercolor, Greater New Orleans International, and Watercolor West.

BASK is a past president of the Long Beach Art Association and is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Long Beach Museum. She is a juried artist member of the Laguna Museum and Women Painters West; a member of the Torana Art League, Artists for Economic Action, and the Los Angeles Institute for Contemporary Art; a board member of Watercolor West; an associate member of the American Watercolor society. She has served as a Mayor appointee to the Board of Directors of the Public Corperation for the Arts and is listed in the International Artists' Registry and Who's Who International for her accomplishments as an artist.