Was thinking about art and recovery the other day when I saw this painting at my aunt’s house. It was done by a family friend who’s on extended disability & lives with pain. His doctor had prescribed him opiate painkillers for the pain but he felt it was going to a dark place for him; he stopped taking them and started doing art as a way of taking his mind’s attention off the pain. He’s made some beautiful works - this is one of my favourites:
