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

Phd Doctoral Student Rich Mclean On Living With ‘Schizophrenia’, Depression And Traditional Art Making

Melbourne Montage

Phd Doctoral Student Rich Mclean On Living With ‘Schizophrenia’, Depression And Traditional Art Making

Purgatory

Phd Doctoral Student Rich Mclean On Living With ‘Schizophrenia’, Depression And Traditional Art Making

Still life with Blundstones

Phd Doctoral Student Rich Mclean On Living With ‘Schizophrenia’, Depression And Traditional Art Making

Thinking of a friend in Afghanistan

Phd Doctoral Student Rich Mclean On Living With ‘Schizophrenia’, Depression And Traditional Art Making

Singularity

Phd Doctoral Student Rich Mclean On Living With ‘Schizophrenia’, Depression And Traditional Art Making

Kangaroo Paw (With Steinberg)

Phd Doctoral Student Rich Mclean On Living With ‘Schizophrenia’, Depression And Traditional Art Making

Rapid Sketch of Flinders Street Station, Melbourne

Phd Doctoral Student Rich Mclean On Living With ‘Schizophrenia’, Depression And Traditional Art Making

Recycling

Phd Doctoral Student Rich Mclean On Living With ‘Schizophrenia’, Depression And Traditional Art Making

Still life with Empty Ash Tray

Phd Doctoral Student Rich Mclean On Living With ‘Schizophrenia’, Depression And Traditional Art Making

Break Up

Phd Doctoral Student Rich Mclean On Living With ‘Schizophrenia’, Depression And Traditional Art Making

Under the Lemon Tree

Phd Doctoral Student Rich Mclean On Living With ‘Schizophrenia’, Depression And Traditional Art Making

Apart With Faith

Phd Doctoral Student Rich Mclean On Living With ‘Schizophrenia’, Depression And Traditional Art Making

Un-Weeded Garden

Phd Doctoral Student Rich Mclean On Living With ‘Schizophrenia’, Depression And Traditional Art Making

Ice Cream Sunset at Williamstown, Melbourne.

Phd Doctoral Student Rich Mclean On Living With ‘Schizophrenia’, Depression And Traditional Art Making