Because she had no art school or academic training, she is called a "naïve" painter (for more on this subject click here) or often "Modern Primitive" is also used, but this is neither here nor there. Not having training does not make a naïve artist by any means. The age at which she began painting is significant, it is the age when many people have to take stock of their lives - it is fro most people the last chance for a change of self-expression. Patricia Barton finds glorious expression in her painting.