Tom Samek - artist

Tom was born in Prague and lived there until he was seventeen. As a young man he travelled extensively throughout Europe and lived in Germany, Switzerland and Austria before migrating to Australia in 1971. Although he has no formal art education his extensive resume, exhibition history and collections list indicate an artist of great diversity and immense skill. He describes himself as painter, sculptor, printmaker, mural artist; theatre set designer and film animator.

Tom's gastronomic adventures and great appreciation for music are re-occurring motifs within his work. These offer the viewer a sensual metaphor where the every-day or inconsequential is transposed into complex universal themes. He is not afraid to touch the darker side of humanity, yet the easy nativity of his style belies the intensity of his subject. He is a master of the 'one liner', but like all good joke tellers, the punch line is only part of the fun, the other part is the individuality of style and masterful touch that we have come to know as Tom Samek.

Tom has exhibited extensively since 1971 including numerous solo exhibitions in Melbourne, Tasmania, Austria and Darwin. His collections include The National Gallery of Australia, Auckland City Gallery, New Zealand, Artbank, South Australian Art Gallery and The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. He is also widely known for his public artworks including Royal Hobart Hospital ambulance entrance, Port Arthur Historic Site visitor information centre, and painted wood relief wall mural for Federation Concert Hall, Hobart.

Available unframed for $495, or framed in a brown or charcoal frame for $695.

Alphabet

$495 unframed, or $695 fromed in deep brown or black.

Dreamtime

Available unframed for $320, or framed in a brown or charcoal frame for $420.

La Vue


Metamorphosis

$495 unframed, or $695 fromed in deep brown or black.

Perigord Pilgrims


Still Life With Composition

Available unframed for $320, or framed in charcoal or brown for $420.

The Birthday Dress


Tip Of The Iceberg

Available unframed for $320, or framed in charcoal or brown for $420.

Under the Influence (Couple Playing Piano)


Armless


BBQ Fork - SOLD

 Framed $420, unframed $320.

Bedlam


Bone


Bootroot - SOLD

 Framed $420, unframed $320

Breaming Over

Comes framed.

Desire


Ends Meet

$495 unframed, or $695 fromed in deep brown or black.

Flora

Framed $420, unframed $320

Fresh Fish


Fresh Fish - SOLD

Humming Bird - SOLD
Framed.

I Fell (aubergine) - SOLD

 Comes framed

I Fell (aubergine)

framed

I Fell (banana)


I Fell (Brussel Sprout)


I Fell (Capsicum)


I Fell (Chilli)


I Fell (chilli) - SOLD

 Comes framed

I Fell (Grapes) - SOLD

I Fell (Grapes)

Comes framed

I Fell (Pear)

Comes framed

I Fell in Despair - SOLD

I Fell in Despair


Jail Break


Me and My Bird


Molecular Gastronomy


Molecular Gastronomy


MUMM


My First Knife - SOLD

My First Shorts - SOLD

Native Tongue - SOLD

Qualing - SOLD

Recipe For Happiness


Recycling Around

$495 unframed or $695 framed in deep brown or black

Roll Over, I Think I Love You


Roll Over, I Think I Love You - SOLD

Rolling Pin


Still Life with Despair - SOLD

Study - SOLD

Study (animals) - SOLD

Toque


Trotter


Untitled (Child and Apron)


Untitled (jacket, dress, boat)


Vespalier

Available framed or unframed. Framed $420, unframed $320.

Bootroot

Available framed or unframed - framed in black or dark brown frame $695, unframed $495.

Broken Banana

Available framed in dark brown or black for $420, or unframed for $320.

Broken Banana

Available framed or unframed. Framed $420, unframed $320.

Carving the Slopes

edition of 90. Available framed or unframed. Framed $695, unframed $495.

Dressed to Kill (lady)

edition of 90. Available framed or unframed. Framed $695, unframed $495.

Dressed to Kill (man)

edition of 70. Available framed or unframed. Framed $420, unframed $320.

I Love You

giclee $375 framed, etching $420 framed

Lifesaver

Available framed or unframed - framed in black or dark brown frame $695, unframed $495.

Piano For Left Foot Alone

Available framed or unframed. Framed $420, unframed $320.

Piano For Left Foot Alone

Available framed in dark brown or black for $420, or unframed for $320.

Roll Over

Available framed or unframed. Framed $420, unframed $320.

The World has Gone Pear Shaped, Population in Dispair

unframed $320, framed $420

Untitled (fish bandaid)

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Animal Lovers

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $200.

Camouflage

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Jocket

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Mon Pere

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Must Compose Myself

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Must Take Stock of Myself

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My Wife Makes Me Happy

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $200.

Wine Appreciation Curse

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Adam and Eve

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Table For Two

edition of 70. Available framed or unframed. Framed $420, unframed $320.

Recipe For Happiness: 2 sliced carrots, 2 green beans and a slice of lemon.

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

I think...

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Sock Exchange

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Wine Makes You Happy

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Dress Rehearsal

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Cat with Herringbone

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My Reserve

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Clean Skin

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Siptease

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

An Aesthetic

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $200.

A Taste of Culture

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Anatomy of a Grape

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Armless

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Balanced Diet

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Be Hoppy

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Bright Future

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Camouflage

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Caviar

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Caviar

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Cheese Farm

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Chinese Whispers

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Christmas Eve Dressing the Tree

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Clean Skin

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Cookbook

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Cutting Edge

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Desire

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Desire

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Disparate and Disturbant

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Distribution of Parrots

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $200.

Dont Leaf Me This Way

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Environmakers

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $200.

Excersize Restraint

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Fashionable Drop

$320 unframed, $420 framed

Feather Your Oars

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Funny Book (4)

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Funny Book (4)

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General Anaesthetic

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God at Home

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God With Pets

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Good Balance

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Grubby Boy

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Hair Piece

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Home

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Horse Rug

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Horsepower

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House of Lindt

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $200.

I Fell in Despair

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $200.

I Think I Can See A Star - SOLD
Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Irony on the Increase

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $200.

Just a Drop

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $200.

Kentaurus Sleeps

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Kiss

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Lemon Chicken

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $200.

Liquidate Your Assets

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Look Daddy Targa

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Look Daddy Targa!

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Lovers

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Lovers

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Lucky Country

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Lucky Country

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Lure of Wine

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Makin' Bacon

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $200.

Me and My Bird

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $200.

Meditation

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Melody

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $200.

Menu

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Metamorphosis

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Mixed Dozen

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Mother's Milk

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Mum

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Music From Within

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $200.

Music Is Good For You

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Musical Break

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Musical Chairs

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Musical Excersize

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $200.

Must Take Stock of Myself

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $200.

My Wife Makes Me Happy

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $200.

Native Tongue (bird)

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $200.

Native Tongue (fish)

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed.

Ng Nng nggg

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Night in Verona

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Nude

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Nude (suit)

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Opening of the Concert Season

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Overture

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Pear

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Plucked Instrument

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $200.

Plucked Instrument

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Prep

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price please add $100.

Pressing Matters

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Punter

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Q.C. Fiction

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $200.

Ravenous

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Red Suits You

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Reflecting King

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $200.

Rehearsal od Human Conduct

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Satie in Kalamata

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Satie in Kalamata

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Say Cheese

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Schubert Composing

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

She is Asking For It

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $200.

Singing Lesson

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $200.

Siptease

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Sliced Vegetables

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $200.

Smelling Mistake

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $200.

Sofa So Good

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Sommelier

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Song Bird

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $200.

Sticky

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Stockmarket Crash

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Stradivarius Fiddles About

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $200.

Summer

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Summer Night

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Sydney to Hobart

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Tenorising

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Tidal Change

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $200.

Tribal Cheif

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Tulip Lovers

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $200.

Tweet

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Under the Influence

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Under the Influence (couple)

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Under the Influence (man)

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Up The Styx

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $200.

Up the Styx

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Verdi's Sicilian Vespa

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Volumptuous Nose

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

When in Venice...

Available framed in black or dark brown, or unframed. For framed price, add $100.

Wine Keeps You Fit