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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. On Friday afternoons, patients had “expressive art therapy” group. He hated it until, one day, it just clicked and became his favorite thing in the world.
A graduate of the Law Center at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, thrashLife has no formal arts training. “I like colors and funny faces. Itʼs more than that,” the artist concedes, “but Iʼm the first to admit Iʼve got zero technical ability.”
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,” thrashLife says. “Paints and pens are the tools I use to balance myself out.”
Recovery is not always a straight line. Three years into a fast-growing art career, Sammy endured the most traumatic episode of his life. Though he held strong for several months, it eventually defeated him. He lost years to his relapse before he was finally ready to face the world again.
Now, thrashLife is finally back, making art, and determined to never let anything defeat him ever again. You can find him on social media or – better yet – see all of his art and read all of his writing at sammythrashLife.com.
Product details
“The Last Unfinished Work” is a 4×5-foot painting, created by artist Sammy thrashLife in October-December 2014 in Chicago, IL. The full story behind it is featured right here on sammythrashLife.com.
There are only 100 limited-edition prints of this painting. 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 painting).
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