Art Works in Mental Health - Gallery

Black Sun is about eclipse and anguish of the individual human mind in the grip of overwhelming forces. The human figure appears sad, calm, while literally holding herself together. The cat is the suffering and terrified shadow of the manic/depressiv

Black Sun
© Rosanne Barr

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© Stephen Brooks

My mum has always supported me, and works so hard in her own life. This is my enduring image of my mum. The only time she sits still long enough for me to paint her is after a long day.

A Long Day
© Linda Cooper

The image was produced on computer from a photograph of mirrors in an old hotel in York. 35mm B/W film. It is called Reflections because it symbolises well the way I see, and the patterns of my life, embracing both science and art.

Reflections
© Cathryn Iliffe

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Yellow Plant
© Graham Foster

This piece is one of a series of digital images which explores the human condition. Hidden behind the surface is being controlled by anti-depressants which society prescribes as it finds it hard to tolerate my 'madness' through Bipolar Affective Diso

I Have a Face But a Face i
© Cathy Trevaldwyn

About to enter a room one side of which had large windows, suddenly the glass shattered. I was afraid I'd be blamed for throwing stones again.

Angel & Doodlebug
© Antony Simonon

I usually try to avoid mirrors, so this self-portrait was a difficult project. I think it conveys something of the emotion of a depressive confronting 'the awful truth'.

Washed Up
© Lee Kennedy

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Shadow Signature
© Ben Cooper

I am interested in fantasy art, and decided to try my hand at creating a mystical village scene at sunset - my favourite time of the day.

Sulphur Sunset
© Georgette Bowen

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After Johnny Appleseed
© John Wright

Artistic Notions = Natural, since the Artist is a natural Entity. Nature heals Artists.

Mist Beach
© David Connor

The deterioration of the mind may affect the soul for the entire life of a sufferer, constantly battling with ones own thoughts, to never reach a full recovery.

Absent Minds
© Catherine Preston

I created this as I recovered from an acute 'psychotic' episode, over a 3 year period. It attempts to encapsulate some of the feeling of terror, beauty, joy together with a few of the images given at the time.

Hallucinatory Vision
© Sheila Harvey

I have done voluntary work with the bereaved. And (without being patronising) have tried to give the message that stress -can- sometimes bring out creativity.

Give Me Breath, Sleep, The
© Mr. Raymus Bowerbank

Memories of Pain
© Lee

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Keanu
© Ash Spurr

I adore using colour and experimenting with it to resolve a painting. I never worry about the end result looking realistic or not, I enjoy the process of painting so much.

Self-Portrait
© Patricia Wall

My beautiful friend Sammy was sectioned, I believe quite unnecessarily. It was hard to believe how impotent I felt (hence Batman without the battery) during my visits at my friend's inability to leave the locked ward and my own inability to offer any

Visiting Sammy on the Psyc
© Simon Lawton-Smith

You scream when the pressures of living are too great and the time too short to express yourself in any other way. It is a desperate cry for attention.

The Scream
© Juliet Dyer

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