Paintings for Mental Health

Research evidence consistently show that nature has a beneficial impact on our mental health.

But just being in nature doesn’t change your mental state.  You benefit from nature when you focus on and notice nature.  As we focus, notice, and experience nature we begin to connect. Connectedness goes beyond simply having contact with nature.  Connection to nature means feeling a close relationship or emotional attachment to natural surroundings.  When we have high levels of nature connectedness, we can feel happier, more worthwhile. We feel hope, rejuvenation, life, and energy.

Kendall paints nature in a way that is like being in real nature. Take some time to “walk into his paintings” focus and experience nature there. Take time to feel a close relationship, notice your emotional attachment to what you enjoy and love that is there. Feel the hope, renewal, life and energy that is painted there for you to have.