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A black, leafless tree with broken branches in bare surroundings is a metaphor for the depressed self. The tree is separated from another by a fence. The second tree has foliage developing, signifying a recovery from depression.
A painting from the Cunningham Dax Collection of Psychiatric Art in the Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria.