Using Oil paint on canvas, these images incorporate the metaphor comparing the fall and winter trees to the erratic moods of a person experiencing mental illness. The fall tree/brain scans demonstrate a high level of activity in a person’s brain that may be experiencing anxiety or mania, and hints at the idea of hyper action and burn out. The darker, winter tree/brain scans speak to the low amount of activity that a person’s brain may experience during depression. The comparison is pointing out the physical nature of mental illness in an attempt to help break away some of the stigmas surrounding it by explaining how it can affect a person physically as well as mentally.