I make art until someone dies.
-Where do you live, Simon?
-I live in the weak and the wounded...Doc.
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One of the things that has always facinated me is the range of absolutely stunning artwork produced by individuals with various forms of mental illness, mainly schizophrenia and other disassociative disorders. There's been a solid movement within the mental health and treatment community towards encouraging artwork as a creative outlet, and thus the number of examples we can find is gradually increasing. Here are just a few ...
http://www.sane.org.uk/public_html/About_SANE/Art_Charnley.htm
Bryan Charnley
Diagnosed in 1971 with schizophrenia, a collection of Bryan's paintings explore vividly his deepest feelings whilst undergoing a course of medication for his psychosis.
"My work springs out of the necessity to make something positive out of the impossible situation I find myself in".
http://www.paullake.co.uk/
Paul Lake
Paul has experienced mental illness since the age of 15. Support from the SANE Arts Grant Scheme has helped him achieve his ambitions and he is now a successful artist.
http://www.mhri.edu.au/cunninghamdaxgallery.html
The Cunningham Dax Gallery of Psychiatric Art
An excellent gallery of artists suffering from various psychiatric illnesses, from depression to schizophrenia to paranoia and OCD
http://www.artworksinmentalhealth.co.uk/index.asp
Art Works In Mental Health
Another fairly extensive gallery of artwork from artists with varying types and severities of mental illness.
http://www.survivorart.com/home.html
The Survivor Modern Art Gallery
A very interesting gallery sight that plays host to artists suffering not only from mental illnesses, but also those who suffer from abuse, PTSD, and other emotional trauma. Of particular interest here is the art of E. Autumn Daniels.
Another very interesting gallery is this one, which has a gallery by those affected with or by autism.
-I live in the weak and the wounded...Doc.
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One of the things that has always facinated me is the range of absolutely stunning artwork produced by individuals with various forms of mental illness, mainly schizophrenia and other disassociative disorders. There's been a solid movement within the mental health and treatment community towards encouraging artwork as a creative outlet, and thus the number of examples we can find is gradually increasing. Here are just a few ...
http://www.sane.org.uk/public_html/About_SANE/Art_Charnley.htm
Bryan Charnley
Diagnosed in 1971 with schizophrenia, a collection of Bryan's paintings explore vividly his deepest feelings whilst undergoing a course of medication for his psychosis.
"My work springs out of the necessity to make something positive out of the impossible situation I find myself in".
http://www.paullake.co.uk/
Paul Lake
Paul has experienced mental illness since the age of 15. Support from the SANE Arts Grant Scheme has helped him achieve his ambitions and he is now a successful artist.
http://www.mhri.edu.au/cunninghamdaxgallery.html
The Cunningham Dax Gallery of Psychiatric Art
An excellent gallery of artists suffering from various psychiatric illnesses, from depression to schizophrenia to paranoia and OCD
http://www.artworksinmentalhealth.co.uk/index.asp
Art Works In Mental Health
Another fairly extensive gallery of artwork from artists with varying types and severities of mental illness.
http://www.survivorart.com/home.html
The Survivor Modern Art Gallery
A very interesting gallery sight that plays host to artists suffering not only from mental illnesses, but also those who suffer from abuse, PTSD, and other emotional trauma. Of particular interest here is the art of E. Autumn Daniels.
Another very interesting gallery is this one, which has a gallery by those affected with or by autism.