Phd Doctoral Student Rich Mclean On Living With ‘Schizophrenia’, Depression And Traditional Art Making
My name is Rich McLean and this is the first time I have shared a bit about myself and my art on Bored Panda.
I am a gay artist who is also an illustrator, author, advocate, and also in my third year of my PhD doctoral Studies at Victoria University, Melbourne. I have also been diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Recovery from schizophrenia, or as I prefer to call it, ‘a psycho spiritual (sexual in my case), crisis’, it is likely and possible.
In indigenous cultures around the world a mentally ill person was seen as a gift to the community, the birth of a healer – and I hope you enjoy my art in the same light.
I also wrote an autobiography on my experiences of having experienced and recovering from ‘schizophrenia’, titled: ‘Recovered, Not Cured, a journey through schizophrenia’, and it is available at www.recoverednotcured.com.
If you would like to know more about me, please head to my website www.richmclean.com.au where you can also purchase my art as greeting cards, prints, framed prints and more!
You would be helping a marginalised student gain some prosperity in order to finish his PhD!
Thank you for reading, and I hope you find a card or print you love from my RedBubble store, love and share my work!
Blessings, Rich
More info: redbubble.com
Christ Consciousness
Melbourne Montage
Purgatory
Still life with Blundstones
Thinking of a friend in Afghanistan
Singularity
Kangaroo Paw (With Steinberg)
Rapid Sketch of Flinders Street Station, Melbourne
Recycling
Still life with Empty Ash Tray
Break Up
Under the Lemon Tree
Apart With Faith
Un-Weeded Garden
Ice Cream Sunset at Williamstown, Melbourne.
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nice drawings - my father & sister are also diagnosid chizophrenia...
Thank you Jack. Feel free to share the link. :-) I hope your father and sister are doing ok. Rich
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nice drawings - my father & sister are also diagnosid chizophrenia...
Thank you Jack. Feel free to share the link. :-) I hope your father and sister are doing ok. Rich
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