Patt Pickett, LMFT, PhD

DBA Outside-the-Lines Art (hOLA)

Email: [email protected]

Winding down from a decades-long calling as a licensed marriage & family therapist, Patt Pickett is pursuing her life’s passion: painting & multi-media creations. And her artwork is neither traditional nor mainstream. It ranks as uniquely contemporary, abstract, and friendly with themes of personal growth and harmony.

Her works cry out, “Hello” and invite passersby to soak in images with quizzical interest. Inspired and guided by her mental health profession (also by an earlier role as a parole officer), Pickett’s art embodies emotion and thought blended with purpose. These creations elicit powerful emotions and reactions including reflection, delight, and curiosity with bursts of “Oh, I get it” or “I wonder if…” and “What the _ _ _ _ heck?!”

Brushstrokes/colors reflect Pointillism and Fauvism, slices of German expressionism, and mosaic-inspired design, Pickett builds balance through imbalance and movement by providing an “eye-follow” which carries the eyes on a path traveling into and around the full work. Her textures tempt touching and tickle imagination. As seen in her pieces, she is fond of black, metallic, and bold — striking colors. Her work thrives on building curiosity or confusion — noticeably resolved by insightful nods, smiles, and occasionally —- frowns.