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.
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Product details
“You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone (and Other Lies)” is a 48×36-inch acrylic painting, created by Sam North in the summer of 2025, while traveling through Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas. The full story behind it can be found in the blog or in the image gallery of this product listing.
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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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.
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Original paintings and drawings, as well as custom-sized prints and giclées for sale by inquiry.
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