Tofu's Art Blog

When not working on my own art I spend a great deal of time out and about looking at other work.

Monday, August 11, 2025

Bookcase Collages Continue

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Another addition to my bookcase collage series, this one is 12”x12”.   After I paint the paper, it is cut up to resemble books. There are al...
Monday, August 4, 2025

A Different Perspective

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I learned perspective drawing from Mr. Rogers and Mr. Hill way back in the seventh grade at Campus School. So, when someone gave me this boo...
Wednesday, May 28, 2025

I got my first AI-generated art scam email

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Every artist with an online presence eventually will get these scam emails with someone claiming they want to buy your art. I have had a web...
Thursday, May 1, 2025

Before there was email there was V Mail

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Have you ever heard of a  V Mailer ?  80 years ago, they were a high-tech solution for the U.S. Military. The mailers helped manage and move...
Thursday, April 24, 2025

Bigger and Bigger!

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The latest in my bookcase collage series, this one is 16”x20”.   I start by painting paper that is cut up to resemble the spines of books.  ...
Friday, April 4, 2025

Colorful Books

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  A new piece from the   Bookcase Collage Series , this time with a white background.    
Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Mail Art inspired by an Orange Crush bottle

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  Responding to a mail art call with the theme   Message in a Bottle   here is the piece off to Germany with a story. 40 years ago, after a ...
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Tofu
San Francisco, CA, United States
Tofu is a San Francisco artist working primarily in mixed media, collage and landscape painting. His work has included maps, postcard-themed art and mail art projects. In 2013 he began moving away from found ephemera and shifted to making his own material. This started with a series called Collagescapes. With Collagescapes, he starts by painting paper with areas of color representing the palette of a specific place. Next, he cuts up the paper into hundreds of small pieces. The final steps are to randomize the pieces and then reassemble them in various geometric patterns. Collagescapes are both landscape paintings and collages. Tofu’s latest work is a series called Post-Folk Art. It is a nod to the color palettes found in costumes, textiles, pottery and other forms of traditional Kashubian and Polish folk art. Since 1997 his work has shown in over 40 venues, primarily in California but also in other locations in the United States and abroad. His artwork can be viewed at tofuart.com
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