Meet the Artist - Sam Toft
You may be familiar with artist Sam Toft’s popular images, following the life and times of Mr Ernest Hemmingway Mustard, his lady wife Violet, and their rather portly Jack Russell Terrier Doris. But how about the artist herself?
With the launch of 12 stunning new limited edition prints in February, we thought it would be the ideal time to share a little bit about the artist and her process.
Sam Toft lives on the breezy Brighton coast, with a seaside studio and her own menagerie of animals; two dogs, more fish than she could count and a beautiful budgerigar called Almondine.
Like Mr Mustard, she spends a lot of time alone with her pets, walking in nearby woods or along the seafront, doing that most important of pastimes - daydreaming. It’s where she gets her best ideas; away from distractions, taking comfort from quiet times and solitude.
A sensitive soul and an eternal optimist, Sam faces life’s challenges with an open heart and a sense of humour which really shines through in her paintings.
“I am both surprised and delighted that my work has become so popular. It is so quintessentially 'me' that I often wonder whether my ideas will transla
A bit about Sam Toft
Sam Toft, humour artist continues to appeal and is becoming more popular with her light humour artwork & paintings. She likes to work with oil pastel crayons, that she applies very quickly. In contrast then adds ink on top of the oil pastels which dries opaque, then she scrapes it off to give various textures. Most of Sam&#;s work is done on a small scale. Artist Sam Toft is well loved for her quirky artwork, which incorporates her well known characters &#; Ernest Mustard and Violet Mustard along with their eccentric pets and friends. Working as a full-time artist for many years now.
Her history
Born in June , her earliest ambition was to work in a post office. Instead she has been a fire extinguisher salesman, a silver service waitress, a death grants advisor, a Wedgwood Rooms worker to name just a few. Having lived in many places, but now has finally settled in Brighton & Hove. Graduating from Kingston Polytechnic with a BA in Applied Social Science.
First of all she had no idea what to do, but knew that she would never be a Poet. A career in the civil service was not well tolerate
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