Artist Andreea Stan

The Revealing Garden by Sandra Mendelsohn

“what gets me through the day” Art by Ethar Hamid

How Much More – By Emma Phillips

Misstresslisa’s Artworks at ASLI’S event and pop up exhibition to raise awareness about mental illness in Portsmouth, UK

Janeen Rastall

Poet Tim Evans

The Self [ie] Under Siege – By John Ledger

Portrait of Mark Lloyd – William Bazlinton Photography

Hannah Hilton

The Rose Garden – By Lisa Reeve

Train Tracks by Andreea Stan

Aborigine inspired Turtle Doodle – By Lynn Excell

Artist Jade Bryant – works in progress

Maryjayne Stone braved to do this a second time, in her determination to make peace with the humanness of her body. “I feel like I have a better handle than I ever have.” She is beautiful, we all agree.

From our local pop up exhibition for mental health awareness ‘Manic battle with your Mind’ By Christopher Webb Oil on canvas

The Index For Child Well-being – By John Ledger

“Unheard Scream” © Paulissa Kipp

Lisa Reeve ASLI Artistic Projects & Campaign Director at the Mental Illness, health and recovery pop-up exhibition.

Hannah Hilton

Artist Paulissa Kipp

‘Gaia Is Awake’, is based on a Shamanic Vision of the World around us being more alive than what we can currently perceive and understand. The living Universe.

Your Words Cut So Deep – By Artist Emma Phillips

Eternal Singularity 2 – By Mark Lloyd

The Carnival By Sravanthi Juluri

Emerging From Darkness by Chris Dean

Catherine Williams

Photography By Ethar Hamid

Sandra Mendelsohn

Artist Louise Tomkinson at the ASLI Pop-Up Exhibition

Claudia Keating

Writer and Poet Becky Saunders

Dave Hubble Photography by Jani Frank

Artist Paulissa Kipp

I’m going to keep this short, as I still find it hard to deal with. It all still feels so surreal. But I want to help anyone going through any type of mental illness and break its taboo. On January 11 this year, my partner committed suicide. To everyone, he was nothing but caring, thoughtful and “happy”. He always tried to be happy, but life’s everyday challenges got a hold of him. Only his closest loved ones in his life had an idea of the pain he was trying to deal with, but still not enough to realize that it would bring him this close to the edge. “The Edge. There is no honest way to explain it because the only ones that really know where it is are the ones that have gone over.” The ONLY thing that got me out of bed was a surfboard (next to my bed) I was doing an art design on. I do art daily, it helps me think and not think at the same time. It’s my way of connecting with him and escaping from reality. I am so grateful to have the gift of art and I feel it’s my purpose to use my artworks to send out messages. I want people to realize that you don’t have to look depressed all the time, be a bad person or talk about wanting to put an end to their life to have a mental illness. We need to become more aware of this so we can help people escape their darkness and not let them feel lonely all the time! Because it only takes a split second, without anyone knowing, for their decision to be made. And yes, some may have regretted it, but it’s too late. It’s my goal one day to host a charitable art show to raise awareness and just spread my art into the world. If my art brings a smile to someone’s face or sends a message across and makes a change, then I’ve done my job.

Des Skordilis