Art Works in Mental Health

While I was at art school it was discovered that my dear friend had schizophrenia. I later learned a close member of my family was also a sufferer. I went on to work in psychiatric care.

Her Private Beach
© Anonymous

Each painting in this Quadruptych represents a family member carved out of the white cliffs of Dover. Every individual forms a part of the whole yet each has their own agenda.

Surviver
© Vicky Brand

To have some piece and calm and fresh air. P.S. Mounting painted with pacet knife, sky done with normal water colour. Signed Clondyk (Old Nickname)

Drifting
© Peter Cloke

It is difficult for someone who has never experienced mental illness to appreciate what it is like. Hopefully, this piece gives them some idea.

A Take On 'The Scream' Edw
© Karen Harris

I am interested in the realist paintings of the US artists Hopper and Scheeler. I want to reflect an attitude of contemplation, akin to a feeling of pure being.

Ikea, Purley Way
© Shaun Collins

The inspiration for my work was my daughter who resembled the smallest girl. Also the different way the dresses + material lays. What would you wish for in the well?

The Four Wishes
© Christopher Holmes

This picture was inspired by the medium and texture of the paint and shows my interpretation of the galaxy.

Galaxy
© Barry Dickinson

Shania Crane
© Graham Jenkinson

I enjoy painting. I paint to please myself.

Clounds
© James Duncan

Fragile
© Les Constable

Sometimes an illness can seem quite in isolation and somewhat indescribable, which has influenced the abstraction element in this painting. My work in general is influenced by this unconsciousness which surfaces in many forms. Both figurative and abs

Untitled
© Karen Mercer

On The Web
© Edward John Morris

There is something brilliant about sitting in all weathers in the countryside and by the sea painting the scene. At the end of the day I have a smug sense of satisfaction and pride as I prize my numb backside off my folding seat.

Devil's Dyke In The Rain I
© Angela McKay

This project represents the journey an individual takes upon admission to hospital. The idea is that you have to work through the different stages of your illness until you reach the bright light at the top which represents mental well being and disc

$Revisiting old places and taking the time to reflect. Traces from the past refracted into segments of memory. Pausing and contemplating, rebuilding towards the future.$ Just for Today
© Neil Webb

Seperate units based on non-Roman art work, Briton 2000 year old bronze mirror. The design would have overlayed the reflection. How would these people have thought. It is provided with compass and divider version.

Photograph was taken at the Weeting Steam Rally. This Carousel (Gallopers) has been in the Downs family for years.

Struggling with depression has caused me to face a number of emotional obstacles. Guilt has been, and still is my hardest battle. This painting shows how despaire may overtake you, yet your heart keeps you alive.

My painting is a dispossessed portrait of anyone who has felt excluded from others + life by mental illness. I have never experienced mental illness but I know of others who do. They layered paint represents the many skins or masks used to conceal id

Year 2003 – West Wing / Room 4 / Wall 1