volume 3, number 1, 2008

About the cover artwork

Mariana Torkington, Rebirth, 2007.

I first produced the image of the flower and the egg in response to the question ‘what art therapy means to me’ and I titled it Rebirth... a subject for the 20th anniversary of ANZATA. Initially I drew the above image in my own journal. Then, when I offered it to ANZATA, it occurred to me that photo realism was the most appropriate medium to bring the image to life. Photoshop enabled me to achieve the dramatic effect I was looking for.