![Finding Peace through Art Making](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2024/07/July-23-Feature-Pic-470x140.jpg?x81652)
In leading a life of service and violence to defend their countries, many army veterans are plagued by mental health disorders that have lasting effects…
![an Toorop, Painting, Mental Health, 1891, Museum, O Grave Where is Thy Victory?, Emotions, Lens, Hope, Resilience](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2024/06/image-from-rawpixel-id-2681285-jpeg-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Jan Toorop’s painting, “O Grave, Where Is Thy Victory?” (1891), serves as a powerful expression of emotions that resonate deeply with mental health themes, offering…
![Mental Health, well-being, support, image, painting, physical well-being, mental well-being, Victory Anthony, Art, Journey](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2024/03/william-farlow-IevaZPwq0mw-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
In the world of art, paintings often serve as powerful mediums for expressing complex emotions, experiences, and narratives. One such painting that captivates the essence…
![image, painting, George Bellows, fight, male, mental health, masculinity, gender roles, men, violence](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2024/02/nick-wang-AFVwA960LUc-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
George Bellows’ “Stag at Sharkey’s” made in 1909, not only freezes a moment of intense boxing but delves into the complexities of male mental health…
![Gaugin, melancholy, human suffering, affliction, despair, depression, anxiety, art, painting, desolation.](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2024/02/woman-sad-heartbroken-into-pieces-picjumbo-com-470x140.jpg?x81652)
French artist Paul Gaugin (1848 – 1903) made a series of paintings called Human Misery during the time he shared in Arles, South of France,…
![Jan Toorop, Painting, Mental Health, 1891, Museum, O Grave Where is Thy Victory?, Emotions, Lens, Hope, Resilience](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2024/01/image-from-rawpixel-id-2681285-jpeg-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Jan Toorop’s painting, “O Grave, Where Is Thy Victory?” (1891), serves as a powerful expression of emotions. That resonate deeply with mental health themes, offering…
![picture, image, Edouard Manet, painting, masculinity, violence, men, bullfighter, art, mental health, toxic, men, gender roles, artwork, drawing, well-being](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2023/10/image-from-rawpixel-id-3284399-jpeg-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Édouard Manet is a renowned French artist of the 19th century. He challenged artistic conventions and embraced subjects that were often controversial or unconventional. His…
![love, narcissism, Dali, surrealism, reflection, painting, spain, narcissus, mythology, Freud](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2023/09/pexels-amine-msiouri-2050590-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Born in 1904, Salvador Dali is a revolutionary Spanish painter known for his distinct surrealist style. A great admirer of Freud, he was interested in…
![caretakers, Mental Health, nurse, well-being, Max Ginsburg, elderly, hero, support, image, painting](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2023/07/nursing-home-g1ec521c80_1280-470x140.png?x81652)
The painting “Caretakers” by Max Ginsburg, created in 2006, beautifully captures the essential roles and significance of caretakers in our society. The artwork elicits emotions…
![Frida Kahlo, artwork, painting, depression, PTSD, operations, trauma, isolation, anxiety, mental health, alienation, bipolar disorder,](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2023/03/rifqi-ali-ridho-VlXlW77swwY-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Known for some of the most surreal and symbolic paintings, Frida Kahlo was no stranger to depicting themes of self-identity, mental health and the human…