Image Dimensions: 12" x 13.625"

The original of this print was signed twice by the artist – Once on the mat (Shirley A. Mason) and again on the artwork (Mason '45). This was the same year, 1945, that she met Dr. Cornelia Wilbur, who would become her life-long therapist

Miss Mason had a few appointments with Dr. Wilbur that year and planned a longer hospitalization. However, her mother interfered with the treatment by canceling a scheduled appointment. When Mis Mason tried to reschedule, Dr. Wilbur had left town permanently. Miss Mason's treatment was delayed another ten years, until 1955, when she moved to New York where Dr. Wilbur was living.

In this work, the threatening, lifeless trees rise into a frightening sky, Nancy Preston, Author of Life After Sybil, From the Words of Shirley Mason, feels that in this piece the artist is screaming for help. Mis Mason felt deserted by the doctor she was beginning to trust. She was trapped in a bleak world where she did not understand her time lapses, blackouts, and why she often found art that she had not created.