Art Works in Mental Health - Gallery

I wanted to do a work of old Yarmouth so I used old photos as an inspiration to create a trilogy of St Nicholas Church, the old market place and the old town wall. I adapted the views so that they joined together.

© Jacki Hill

I have named may painting Midsummer Oil on Board.
I feel happy looking at a Norfolk sky.

Midsummer Oil on Board
© Michael Webb

I took up photography four years ago - as therapy. This is my second portrait - Christina McDermott of the Royal Ballet. It makes me feel good every time I see it. I do not think I can improve on it - some 14,000 shots later!

© David Davis

Untitled

A view of the Pyramid
© Brian McShane

I enjoy going to car boots and auctions. Then photograph the collectables that I acquire. Since attending the artbase the quality of my work has improved dramatically. The help by members of staff have really given me the chance to get the standar

© Geoff Bowry

I like to make ceramic masks from all over the world. Each piece is unique and individual. I like to copy textures and shapes of wooden masks from library books. Using vibrant glazes in matt and gloss to compliment each other. I am influenced by man

Masks of the World
© Jean Brewer

Stained glass window inspired by art deco plate which has taken twelve months to complete.

© Andrew Smith

Death Punishment - Alas P
© Peter Nolan Lawrence

I like to sketch buildings and boats and sea views reflecting the culture of different countries.

Turkish Coastline
© William Mills

My painting depicts conflict. The use of colour shows how we are all different, the clenched fists represent anger. The pink area covers the brain uniting us all. Eyes are open, half open and shut show hope of a gradual awakening towards living toget

© Nicholas A Pirrie

My inspiration came from one of the windows on the Scotland Street School building, Glasgow as designed by Charles Ronnie Mackintosh. I wanted to develop a slim-line vessel which would stand a piece of sculpture or utilised as a functional container,

© Fredericka

The idea of the cruel sea is a reflection of this clients mood at the time of writing.

The Cruel Sea
© Member of the Acute Ward

He sleeps on a bed like book and dreams the dream of his life.

© Alfred Austin

Someone I used to know.

© Robbie

I painted this self-portrait during a troubling spell in my life. The colours I used represent my worry for my future life. I painted it with acrylic paints.

Self Portrait - Facing the
© Patricia Wall

The butterfly represents for me the freedom from mental illness and enables me to fly and enjoy colours and smells again. The bee represents the illness with its sting in the tail, never knowing when its going to strike. The incarceration, the blac

Fly like a butterfly, stin
© Helen Patricia Barry

I like this piece of felt because its 'jazzy' and fun. I'd really like a cardigan like this.

© Shelag Cann

The portrait of my husband was a tribute to him as he died 2 years ago.

The landscape was a memory from one of our holidays together.

© Vivienne Frances Meredith

I have been using Batik as a fine art medium for over thirty years. This Batik was done from a drawing made in the Zoology Museum, Cambridge. Batik is a long process using wax resist and dyes on white cotton or silk. The wax must be taken off afte

© Jill Walden

Tiles utilising glaze and texture. For domestic use.

© David R Jones

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