I sought to contribute to the evidence base in my study by examining in-depth a sample of clients’ lived experience of art making during their mental health recovery. One early finding was that art making added a spiritual aspect that intersected with the clinical, personal, self-care, social, occupational, and contextual elements of recovery and provided a sense of transcendence beyond one's mental illness (Van Lith, 2014). For the distinctly different purposes of this article, I will present results from the study that contribute evidence of how art making may help clients as a tool for change and coping in their recovery from mental illness.