Tom Rook Art

Tom Rook Art I will keep this page mostly drawing and history related.

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Contact: [email protected] and [email protected] For a lot of other stuff including hiking, urban exploration, photography, etc, please see the instagram .

西門町 Ximending!熱鬧的戲院、屋頂派對、色彩繽紛的酒吧,還有一座藏在巷弄裡的媽祖廟。一個我走了好多年的地方,從正上方畫下來。代針筆與水彩。Busy theaters, rooftop parties, colorful bars,...
27/05/2026

西門町 Ximending!熱鬧的戲院、屋頂派對、色彩繽紛的酒吧,還有一座藏在巷弄裡的媽祖廟。一個我走了好多年的地方,從正上方畫下來。代針筆與水彩。
Busy theaters, rooftop parties, colorful bars, and a hidden away Mazu Temple. Somewhere I've known intimately for many years, drawn from directly above. Fineliner pen and watercolor

(Eng below) 我正在翻看一些之前的作品 (2015),想重新檢視一下。這些塔樓的原型是台北和屏東縣一帶的真實建築,這些建築往往被忽視。這是我為了引起人們對這些被低估的建築的關注而創作的作品,其中許多建築當時都面臨拆除的風險。有些建...
19/05/2026

(Eng below) 我正在翻看一些之前的作品 (2015),想重新檢視一下。這些塔樓的原型是台北和屏東縣一帶的真實建築,這些建築往往被忽視。這是我為了引起人們對這些被低估的建築的關注而創作的作品,其中許多建築當時都面臨拆除的風險。有些建築後來確實被拆除了。不知為何,我還喜歡創作一些完全不切實際的交通方案。

這三座塔樓分別是:

北門大廈,台北,1922年(大致取材自1920年代的衡陽路一帶)
龍安大廈,台北,1948年(取材自1930-40年代的台北)
西森林大廈,屏東,1967年(靈感來自南方風格獨特的現代主義住宅)

我還根據嘉義市的建築創作了三座較小的塔樓,這些作品可以在我的網站上找到。

Having a look at some older work that I've been thinking of re-visiting (from 2015!). These towers were built out of real, often overlooked, buildings found around Taipei and Pingtung County. It was my own way of drawing a bit of attention to some underappreciated buildings, many of which were at risk of demolition. Some have since been demolished. I also enjoy making completely impractical transport solutions for some reason.

The three towers are:
Beimen Tower, Taipei, 1922 (approximately 1920's Hengyang Road area)
Long'an Tower, Taipei, 1948 (1930-40's Taipei)
West Forest Tower, Pingtung, 1967 (Based on the quirky modernist houses found in the south)

I also made three smaller towers based on Chiayi City buildings which are on my website

這是規劃中和建設中的捷運環狀線路線圖。目前南段和北段正在建設中,但東段還沒開工。這是應客戶要求添加的,等環狀線開通後,我會手工繪製加入這條路線。 The route of the planned and under construction...
10/05/2026

這是規劃中和建設中的捷運環狀線路線圖。目前南段和北段正在建設中,但東段還沒開工。這是應客戶要求添加的,等環狀線開通後,我會手工繪製加入這條路線。
The route of the planned and under construction circle line. This was added at the request of a client and will be drawn in by hand once it opens. Currently the southern and northern parts of the loop are under construction but I don't think the eastern part has been started yet.

從4/30到5/12我在越南。您仍然可以在周日晚上之前購買藝術版畫 I’ll be in Vietnam from 4/30 til 5/12 so order any prints by Sunday eve and I can stil...
25/04/2026

從4/30到5/12我在越南。您仍然可以在周日晚上之前購買藝術版畫 I’ll be in Vietnam from 4/30 til 5/12 so order any prints by Sunday eve and I can still get them to you

我沒有越南的畫,這張是東京😅 I don’t have a Vietnamese drawing so here’s one of the other international ones, Tokyo

北天母還有這些紅磚的建築。它們都成了廢墟。我對它們的歷史有一點好奇。是不是以前的美軍住宅?文化大學附近也有外觀相似的建築North Tianmu has an odd group of red brick houses. All of th...
18/04/2026

北天母還有這些紅磚的建築。它們都成了廢墟。我對它們的歷史有一點好奇。是不是以前的美軍住宅?文化大學附近也有外觀相似的建築
North Tianmu has an odd group of red brick houses. All of them are now ruins, some even have fireplaces and chimneys. I’m curious about their history. Were they US forces housing much like the group around Chinese Culture University?

在我的手繪臺北捷運地圖我加了三鶯線。 三鶯線即將投入營運,會在頂埔與藍線連接,接續著藍線服務三峽及鶯歌地區。I added the Sanying Line to my hand drawn MRT map. It will soon be...
05/04/2026

在我的手繪臺北捷運地圖我加了三鶯線。 三鶯線即將投入營運,會在頂埔與藍線連接,接續著藍線服務三峽及鶯歌地區。I added the Sanying Line to my hand drawn MRT map. It will soon begin service. Just a tiny stretch of it makes it onto the map, connecting with the blue line at Dingpu.

Exmouth Town in the 1930's 我的家鄉,第二次世界大戰以前As a lot of you know I've made quite a few historic drawings and maps of Taiwan...
24/02/2026

Exmouth Town in the 1930's 我的家鄉,第二次世界大戰以前

As a lot of you know I've made quite a few historic drawings and maps of Taiwanese cities and I've always found that an interesting challenge. So much of the past is lost or fragmented that it's quite exciting trying to piece it back together in one place. While drawing the Exmouth sphere last year I started going deeper into the town's history, and my own and my family's past too. In the end I collected so many photos from archives, books, pages, and websites that I realized I could quite accurately draw the town. While I was back in Exmouth at the end of last year I created this, and it was also a good source of stability during a rough time.

The original drawing is currently showing at Artisan Gallery on Chapel Hill. It's a great gallery with a lot of really cool art inside and I encourage everyone to view it all in person rather than through a screen (though not this coming Saturday!). The drawing is available to buy too, along with the Exmouth sphere piece. These take months of fine drawing and research and I hope to make some more Devon pieces in future! There are prints available too, which are very limited. (pic is of part of the original drawing)

你們很多人都知道我畫過不少台灣城市的歷史畫作,把消失的過去拼湊回來對我來說一直是很有趣的挑戰。去年畫Exmouth那幅作品時,我開始更深入了解這個小鎮和自己家人的歷史,收集了很多老照片之後發現可以相當精確地畫出1930年代的小鎮。去年底回Exmouth時完成了這幅畫,那段時間不太好過,畫畫也成了讓自己穩定下來的方式。
原畫目前在Chapel Hill的Artisan Gallery展出,是間很棒的藝廊,推薦大家去現場看。這幅和另一幅Exmouth作品都可以購買,也有限量版畫。這些作品都花了好幾個月的研究和繪畫,希望未來能畫更多Devon的作品

萬華:龍山寺,波皮料,40 x 20cm 藝術紙印刷版 Wanhua: Longshan Temple, Bopiliao 40 x 20cm art paper print
08/02/2026

萬華:龍山寺,波皮料,40 x 20cm 藝術紙印刷版
Wanhua: Longshan Temple, Bopiliao 40 x 20cm art paper print

(Eng below) 我重新上架了大龍峒的原作,之前在展覽展出後,它在家裡掛了幾年。這是一件不尋常的作品,因為它是不同街景的拼貼,而不是我常見的地圖或鳥瞰圖。它聚焦於大龍峒的二十世紀中期建築,密集的鐵窗和混凝土圖案。這裡描繪的建築物中,有...
21/01/2026

(Eng below) 我重新上架了大龍峒的原作,之前在展覽展出後,它在家裡掛了幾年。這是一件不尋常的作品,因為它是不同街景的拼貼,而不是我常見的地圖或鳥瞰圖。它聚焦於大龍峒的二十世紀中期建築,密集的鐵窗和混凝土圖案。這裡描繪的建築物中,有將近一半已經被拆除了,這在我意料之中,也是我選擇這個地區的原因之一。我的許多作品都在記錄變化前的地方,這幅作品也符合這個主題。這是獨一無二的作品,我從未製作過任何版畫,也不打算製作。不過我確實打算創作更多類似的作品,或許會加入樹屋元素。
I have re-listed the Dalongdong original, after having it up at home for a few years. This is an unusual piece, in that it's a collage of different street scenes rather than one of my maps or aerial views. It's focused on the mid-century architecture of Dalongdong, with it's dense window cages and concrete patterns. Just under half of the buildings on here have since been demolished, which I did expect and it was one of the reasons I chose this area. A lot of my work is documenting places before change so that's where this one fits in to that theme. This is a one-off, I never made any prints from this and don't intend to. I do intend to make some more like this one, though perhaps with the treehouses.

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