JEFF BALL, PhD
I received my PhD in Clinical Psychology at UCLA in 1985. As CEO of PCH Center, I supervise, teach, and consult. I’ve been on clinical faculty at UCLA for many years, and have taught undergraduate and graduate-level psychology courses including Psychopathology, Psychological Assessment, Psychoanalysis, and Law and Ethics in Psychology. I also serve on the UCLA Psychology Department Advisory Board.
As an artist, I started painting as a child and took about a 30 year hiatus... but my best paintings were always of figures and faces as well as subjects in which I have a passion. In recent years, I hadn’t had much time to paint until the lockdown in 2020, in which I had lots of time between Zoom calls! I’ve found that my best are of people and/or animals that I know very well, as well as of subjects in which I feel passionate. In recent years, I’ve studied with the artist Bo Bartlett. Bo’s work has always captured the psychology of his subjects, and many of his paintings have a strong Social Justice theme.
Selfie at the Pompedou
(Oil on Linen, 24” x 24”)
We were traveling with friends in Paris and I took a selfie on the escalator at the Pompidou. It came out a little off-kilter and I thought it would make an interesting painting. The photo was black and white so it's been "colorized". I usually like taking selfies of other people taking selfies...which I may make into a show one day. :)