Sam Toft is joining us in person at The Braithwaite Gallery on Sunday 20th September 2026 for our First & Finest Exhibition — a Meet the Artist event celebrating her rarest and most collectible prints. Find out more →
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.
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.
Working 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.
Sam's limited editions and originals are very collectible and sell out quickly. Click here to see an archive of sold out editions.
The Braithwaite Gallery has been lucky enough to work with Sam for a very long time. She sometimes 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 Sam created “Looking After Eachother (a picture for Jake)” in memory of Jake Braithwaite, which helped the Gallery raise £5000 for mental health charity, Mind. In 2022 Sam sent us ‘Time To Make Memories’ - an original artwork plus four uniquely remarqued limited editions from an exclusive set, which helped us fundraise in aid of PAPYRUS - a charity focused on prevention of suicide in the young. We raffled edition number one, and sold the other three to raise funds for this excellent cause, with a huge donation from the sale of the original. You can still make donations to this worthy charity via our JustGiving page - at December 2025 the total stands at over £17,000, thanks to the generosity of our artists and customers.
Sam's 2026 calendar was self published as a limited edition and was available just from Sam herself, her local bookshop in Brighton and The Braithwaite Gallery, here in York. We were thrilled to be part of this exclusive club. Sam generously offered to donate £1 from the sale of each calendar to charity PAPYRUS, a charity we have both supported since the loss of Jake. Together we can make a difference!
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