Description
About the artist
Following a two-year stint of inpatient treatment for borderline personality disorder and heroin addiction, Sam North re-entered the world with the moniker “Sammy thrashLife” and the resolve to build a life on the new passion he discovered while institutionalized.
Bright colors, rotten smiles, and (often) snarky captions in bold block-letters characterize his work but a closer look reveals intensely honest, reflective, personal journals in small print. “I donʼt shoot heroin anymore but Iʼm still an emotional basketcase,” North says. “Paints and pens are the tools I use to balance myself out.”
For every piece of art that North creates, he writes a statement to accompany the piece. They generally include all of the text found within the piece, as well as stories, notes, and additional context, explaining what makes each work of art meaningful to him. They both tell the story of his life and reveal shockingly vulnerable (often embarrassingly personal) insight into his emotional state.
Following an extended relapse and hiatus, North returned to art and opted to drop the nickname. For now, you can find him on social media as Sammy thrashLife or at sammythrashLife.com.
samnorth.art launches in full soon.
Product details
“MFC 2.0 (So I Just Put This in My Head and the Blood Will Come Out?)” is an 8×6-inch pigment ink drawing, created by artist Sammy thrashLife in November 2024 but based on another from January 2013.
Read the story behind the drawing and the explanation for this new version in my blog.
There are only 50 limited-edition prints of this drawing. They measure 6×8-inches. Each is individually signed and hand-numbered by the artist. All prints are packaged with a backing board, inside of a sealed plastic archival sleeve and include a one-sheet with the artist’s statement (the story behind the drawing).
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All images used on sammythrashLife.com are low-resolution and do not represent the actual (much higher) quality of the products advertised.
Any frames pictured in product listings are not included.
Free shipping on all orders over $99.
Original paintings and drawings, as well as custom-sized prints and giclées for sale by inquiry.
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Ace –
I bought this from him at his stand at the Punk Rock Festival for 60$ because he offered the original and it is gorgeous idk why i love it so much, i plan on getting a frame and never taking it out of the plastic. Sam is a cool guy and has very interesting and very unique art works