Obi Kaufmann

• Name — Obi Kaufmann • Born — 1973 • Birthplace — Hollywood, California, U.S. • Occupation — * Illustrator • writer • conservationist • tattoo artist • Education — University of California, Santa Barbara (BA) • Website — https: coyoteandthunder.com/

Kaufmann was born in Hollywood, California in 1973. His father, William J. Kaufmann III, was an astrophysicist who served as director of the Griffith Observatory from 1970 to 1974, and also a writer of several books about physics. His mother is a clinical psychologist. In 1978, his family moved from Southern California to Danville, California, a town in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. While living there, Kaufmann spent an extensive amount of time exploring Mount Diablo State Park. Kaufmann studied at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). He entered as a biology major but switched to visual arts after finding inspiration in wildlife painting and the rock art of the Chumash people. While at UCSB, he took art classes under the painter Ciel Bergman.

After college, Kaufmann lived in the Pacific Northwest before moving to Oakland, California in the early 2000s, where he has resided since. Shortly after his return to the Bay Area, he switched from oil painting to watercolor. He has contributed wildlife artwork to a variety of publications. He was an arts writer for the East Bay Express, an alt weekly serving the East Bay. Beginning in 2009, the brand Juniper Ridge employed Kaufmann as its "chief storyteller"; he eventually quit after he "got sick of selling shit." He later collaborated with the Swedish denim brand Indigofera on a line of natural-fabric clothing. He has worked as a tattoo artist for several years, dating back to his time living in the Pacific Northwest. While he was preparing The California Field Atlas, he only took breaks to go on hikes or to work at a tattoo parlor in Oakland. Kaufmann is a conservationist and has given talks across California on ecology and preservation of nature.

Obi Kaufmann was recorded at birth as William J. He also worked under the name Obi Kaufmann. The authorities additionally record the headings William Kaufmann and William J. His recorded language was English. He was the child of William J.

Obi Kaufmann is recorded as naturalist, tattoo artist, writer and illustrator. Recorded at birth as William J.