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Plaistow artist paints images of deceased addicts during better times

Anne Marie Zafagna presented portrait to family who had lost loved one

A New Hampshire mother is using her talent for painting to heal herself and others who’ve lost a loved one to addiction.
A New Hampshire mother is using her talent for painting to heal herself and others who’ve lost a loved one to addiction.
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Plaistow artist paints images of deceased addicts during better times
Anne Marie Zafagna presented portrait to family who had lost loved one
A New Hampshire mother is using her talent for painting to heal herself and others who’ve lost a loved one to addiction.Watch the reportPlaistow mom Anne Marie Zanfagna lost her daughter to heroin addiction in 2014, sidelining her love of painting.Since then, she’s used her skills to paint her way to raising awareness of the Granite State’s heroin problem by depicting addicts who have lost their battle in happier times.On Wednesday evening, she presented an original work to the family of a woman who passed away.“It isn’t the sadness of an addict; it’s the vibrancy of a healthy person, and that’s who they lost,” Zafagna said. “Heroin changes your brain, and that changes everything.Zafagna’s work was on display at U.S. Rep. Frank Guinta’s Manchester office.

A New Hampshire mother is using her talent for painting to heal herself and others who’ve lost a loved one to addiction.

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Plaistow mom Anne Marie Zanfagna lost her daughter to heroin addiction in 2014, sidelining her love of painting.

Since then, she’s used her skills to paint her way to raising awareness of the Granite State’s heroin problem by depicting addicts who have lost their battle in happier times.

On Wednesday evening, she presented an original work to the family of a woman who passed away.

“It isn’t the sadness of an addict; it’s the vibrancy of a healthy person, and that’s who they lost,” Zafagna said. “Heroin changes your brain, and that changes everything.

Zafagna’s work was on display at U.S. Rep. Frank Guinta’s Manchester office.