Joe Patterson

Joe Patterson

he/him

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About the Artist

Joe Patterson was born before the end of the Second World War in a little town in New Mexico called Hot Springs. Shortly thereafter, the town changed its name to Truth or Consequences. He has always considered this an omen that he should keep in mind. Joe arrived in Tucson, only a week old and watched this town grow for 80 years. The Vietnam War interrupted his graduate studies in psychology and took him to Louisiana for two years as Personnel Psychologist in the Armed Forces Entrance and Examination Station. Joe returned to Tucson, completed his doctorate and then he founded Desert Survivors, a not-for-profit human support organization based on desert surviving landscape horticulture. Joe then traveled the country consulting to developmental disabilities organizations as part of the Deinstitutionalization Movement. These, and many related experiences, gave him the "parallax perspective" that is expressed in his art and summarized in the phrase, "What you see depends on your point of view." Joe has been painting on and off his whole life. As a young man he took lessons with local artists including Gail Marcus Orlen. After retiring from his work as a Psychologist Joe has immersed himself in oil painting.

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$1001+, $151 - $500, $501 - $1000