Biography

Born in 1964, Sam Toft moved up to Liverpool and did a BTEC in General Art and Design at the City of Liverpool Community College where an inspirational teacher gave her the confidence to give it a go with her pictures.

Sam Toft's work is now known the world over. Her limited and open edition prints have brought her fame and fortune - and her wonderful paintings have brought pleasure to generations.

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. Sam uses mixed media: oil pastels, coloured inks, scraffito and the innovative fingers-and-thumbs technique. She is delighted to have work published as cards and limited edition prints.

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.