Art Works in Mental Health - Gallery

This is a painting of triumph through adversity. It was painted after a three-year battle with manic depression. I had lost everything, but had now found a new vocation and new love. It is a joyous abstract landscape and proof that we can recover.

Celebration
© Lydia Arnold

Painting provided an escape and led me back to reality. Although this is not my usual style it represents the anger and frustration I experienced.

The Return of Sanity
© Tim Blewitt

I long for the dawn where there will be no war. As I long for the day peace will come to my mind. In some way I think they are both linked. War on different scales.

War Who Wants It?
© James Cameron

(A) Enclosed is in Wood, hence some cutting for Lor Linley, their design enclosed. (B) is in Oil Paint. Worthy for jig-saw!? but have good Linen & Paper prints available for sale. 30

Come on In
© F Bradbury

This photograph was taken earlier in February as I passed this local private woodland. I feel it reflects the beauty of Yorkshire in the winter time.

Stoney Ridge Top
© Helen Smigielski

I called my vase Lady, she's tall and beautiful, her dress is like her second skin, it shows her tiny waist and rounded hips. It has the figure of a woman, a young woman waiting to be taken to the dance floor by her lover to dance the night away.

Lady
© Bibi Herrera

Once Upon A Time
© Sobia Khan

As a mother, a son who has to deal with Tourette's syndrome and Obsessive Behaviour Disorder on a daily basis can be so heart-rending. I can give support, smile, pick up the pieces on a bad day, and make the most of all the great days ahead.

Cradle
© Lesley Daniels

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Jesus and the Cross
© Stephen White

This work depicts the true horror of acute paranoia, the jagged uncontrollable fear coming from all round and threatening the soul with annihilation.

Hell
© Chris B

Nature's contours has been my inspiration for some little while and this leaf circle necklace met that brief. It is hand made in silver sheet tube and wire. From design to completion it has allowed me to develop many skills such as deep breathing and

Circle + Leaf Necklace
© Phyllida L Gibson

Thought patterns are like a paper sculpture worked on again and again to make sense of our plans and hopes for our future. The little bird represents inspiration and peace which can be found once we stop trying to shape and manipulate our thoughts an

Paper Cage
© Jan Dedman

This painting was created as part of a series of self portraits about 4 years ago, as I was gaining more confidence after struggling with depression since I was 12. I had the confidence in this piece to bare my backside but not quite enough to show

Hundreds and Thousands Fem
© Jenny Bent

I enjoyed painting this hot seaside scene. However, when attempting to put a shadow under a lady's leg, it looked more like a hairy leg. Fortunately because it was oil I was able to rectify the problem.

Salad Days
© Robert Begg

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Winter Wilderness
© R McMuir

This work formed the start of my siege on the Royal Academy in 2003. Although I was unsuccessful at the summer exhibition I was proud to have tried. The work is the fourth in a series of studies of my local

Norwood Lake View
© Tim Newey

The picture depicts the vulnerability, isolation and protection I associate with my periods of depression. My depression causes me to withdraw into a protective

My Depression
© Catherine Hitchens

We see in others ourselves. A circularity and completeness. I see myself in others. I see others in myself. I am others seeing myself seeing others. For I am you and you are she and she is he and he is me.

Our Self Yearning
© Peter Jackson

Sit still. Listen to the water. See the patterns. Sniff the air. Feel at peace.

Foxglove, Water, Stone
© Valerie Land

My painting 'Lion With Bars' aims to capture the feelings of the lion and to convey its innate dignity as it roars in sadness.

Lion With Bars
© Gillian Mather

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