Sam has created an amazing collection featuring her now infamous characters, "The Mustards", Ernest Hemingway Mustard and his dear lady wife Violet along with their much loved eccentric friends and pets. This page showcases Sam's open edition poster prints.
Ernest lives in a not-so-damp flat on the Brighton/Hove border with Violet, his dear lady wife, and Doris their grumpy and rather portly Jack Russell Terrier.
His work as a part time Hurricane Predictor and Professional Tuneless Hummer has made him lots of friends along the Prom: the beautiful Audrey — could she be Ms Hepburn reborn as a sheep? — Horace Duck, and the lovely Rover, a melancholy goldfish with tunnel vision and a good heart.
Using mixed media, pencil, oil pastels, coloured inks and her own idiomatic techniques, Sam depicts a seaside world of faded ice-cream colours where the breeze is always blowing and life is utterly delicious.
The Braithwaite Gallery has been lucky enough to work with Sam for a very long time; sometimes she comes to York for exhibitions, sometimes just to say hello. She has been generous with her time and talent, particularly in helping us with charity fundraising. In 2020 she created 'Looking After Each Other (a picture for Jake)' in memory of Jake Braithwaite, which helped the Gallery raise £5,000 for mental health charity Mind.
In Winter 2022, helped by Sam, we began another charity fundraiser in aid of PAPYRUS — a charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide in the young. Sam sent us 'Time To Make Memories' — four uniquely remarqued limited editions from an exclusive set, with edition number one raffled and the other three sold to raise funds. By September 2026, thanks to artists like Sam and the generosity of gallery customers, the fundraiser had raised £18,984, donated via JustGiving. PAPYRUS entered administration in September 2026, so this is now part of the Gallery's fundraising history rather than a current appeal. We are hugely grateful to everyone who supported it.
Sam returned to The Braithwaite Gallery in York on Sunday 20th September 2026 for our First & Finest Exhibition and Meet the Artist event. In the run-up to the event, we released a completed nine-week series of exclusive Gallery Remarque Editions, one each Tuesday at 8pm, each hand-drawn by Sam and available exclusively through the Gallery. The event created a wonderful opportunity for collectors to meet Sam and celebrate her work in person. Please keep an eye on our Remarque Editions collection for future releases.
