Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles – Access to Justice Gala 2017
Auction Ends: Oct 19, 2017 07:15 PM PDT

Art

Incredible Chalk Art - Woman with Timbrel by Emery Lambus

Item Number
273
Estimated Value
Priceless
Opening Bid
100 USD

Item Description

A client of the Legal Aid Foundation of LA, Emery Lambus, 63, is an artist who works outside Smart & Final just East of Santa Monica and suffers from mental illness.

“Mental illness is not a dead-end street,” he says, sipping a coke under the October sun. “You can fight back. But you got to have some good support and be willing to take directions. You can bring yourself back from total insanity.”

Emery, a Phoenix native, battles schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, instability and drug addictions, he says. His is the cheering picture of societal dropouts who can work, with support networks and faith, to come back from the edge.

 

Generously donated by Emery Lambus.