2019
Tom lives in the Cambrian Mountains, where he has a studio and kiln to create and fire his handmade ceramics. He hand-draws all of his designs, which are inspired by nature, the cosmos, and his passion for food and cooking. He is member of the Chelsea Arts Club, and was formerly a director and fine art expert at Christie’s.Tom has drawn and painted all his life, and ceramics is the medium that best combines my passions - drawing, the natural world, and the cosmos. Depicting animals and sea creatures on ceramic stretches back to the mosaics of the ancient Greeks and Romans, and Tom’s work is part of this heritage, but with a contemporary edge. His mid-19th century schoolhouse studio enables him to work on a scale beyond the scope of most artists.
Tom lives in a dark sky area, so the night skies are emblazoned with stars and planets, creating the perfect conditions for drawing directly onto ceramic panels from his telescope. He also works in oils on canvas, and in 2014 painted the 20 x 30ft Northcote Mural in Battersea, London. Tom was formerly a senior Art Specialist, Director and Head of Department at Christie's, and worked at Phillips, Sotheby's and Bonhams for over twenty years in the London art market.Tom comes from a family of artists, and his great-grandfather was an artist-inventor, who designed and built the first ever car-drawn caravan, and invented the 'step' that allows the bow of speed boats to lift off the water, to go faster. He also built and designed boat-planes and was the first artist to draw from the skies, attaching his pencil to a piece of string to stop it blowing away. His paintings can be found in the Imperial War Museum. His younger son Ian Fleming-Williams OBE (Tom’s grandfather) was also an artist, and at fifteen years old became one of the youngest ever entrants to the Royal Academy Art Schools. He later became the expert on the great British landscape painter, John Constable.
Salmon spiral
By Tom Rooth
Located in London, GB
with signature (on a salmon swimming the opposite direction), with the artist's thumbprint (on the reverse) screen print on earthenware, with underglaze paint 37 cm. (14 ½ ) diam. ...
Ceramic
Turtle traffic
By Tom Rooth
Located in London, GB
with signature (on a turtle swimming in the opposite direction), and the artist's thumbprint (on the reverse) screen print on earthenware, with underglaze paint 37 cm. (14 ½ ) diam...
Ceramic
Homage to a toad - underglaze pencil on ceramic
By Tom Rooth
Located in London, GB
This work was created by Tom Rooth in the Cambrian Mountains of Wales. A colony of toads live under and around his cottage, and in the summer nights (particularly when going to the kiln late at night to close the vent), Tom often encounters them. They have lived there for generations. Production process: Tom makes the ceramic panel, which then dries for a month. After this, he carves it down, and then it goes into the kiln for a 48 hour cycle firing. Tom then draws onto the panel, with underglaze pencils, and then glazes the artwork which goes into the kiln once more, for another 48 hour firing cycle. It is then ready for the frame (the frame dictates the subject-matter). Tom has an expert knowledge of frames - his parents were framers and restorers, and he worked at Christie's as Senior Picture Specialist and Director for 14 years, and prior to this Bonhams, Phillips and Sotheby's. Tom's works are unique, highly decorative, highly original, and will compliment any interior, whether traditional or contemporary. Tom has exhibited at The Treasure House...
Ceramic, Glaze, Pencil
The Ocean Depths - Mid 20th Century Animal Painting by Steven Spurrier
By Steven Spurrier
Located in London, GB
Steven Spurrier, R.A. (1878-1961) The ocean depths signed ‘STEVEN SPURRIER’ (lower right) oil on canvas canvas 24 x 36 in. (60.9 x 91.4 cm.) frame 30 ...
Canvas, Oil
Waiting for mistress
Located in London, GB
H.S. Phillip, circa 1855 Waiting for mistress signed and dated 'H.S. Phillip June 1855' (lower left) oil on canvas 22 x 16 in. (56 x 40.6 cm.) frame 27 ¾ x 21 ⅝ in. (70.5 x 55 c...
Canvas, Oil
'Mac', a favourite terrier
Located in London, GB
Signed and inscribed ‘Mac/WH Wheeler’ (lower right) This striking portrait by Walter Herbert Wheeler presents a dignified black terrier in crisp profile, its wiry coat and alert ears...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled 03-01-20
By Brian Buckley
Located in New York, NY
Wet photogram with ferric ammonium citrate, potassium ferricyanide, and suspended watercolor pigment (Unique) This piece is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Brian Buc...
Photogram
Large Hispano Moresque plate
Located in Bakewell, GB
Large Hispano Moresque plate 46cms diameter in excellent condition
Ceramic
Eat What’s on Your Plate #4 (Diversity is Our Greatest Strength)
By Alex Hodge 1
Located in Miami Beach, FL
(Diversity is Our Greatest Strength) Taking a positive turn, the fourth plate highlights the importance of valuing each human experience. Difference can become a great teacher if we ...
Porcelain
Wish Platter
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A sculptural ceramic platter for serving, sharing, and hanging. An undulating rim gives the Wish Platter its sense of lightness and motion, while Jones’ fluid linework at the center...
Earthenware
Rosenthal plate
Located in New York, NY
SALOME Rosenthal Plate, 1985 porcelain 10½ in. diam. 26 cm. Edition 143/3000 signed and dated on lower right
Porcelain
Octopus Sculpture in Bronze
Located in Rome, IT
Octopus in bronze Octopus sculpture in bronze, used for table base, the sculpture is perfectly original in the smallest details, 20th century....
Bronze
