Violet Adventure Painting

Tom Potocki is a professional artist living in Charleston, South Carolina, who has exhibited extensively in national and regional shows. He earned a BFA degree from Carnegie Mellon University. While a student at CMU, he spent a summer studying in Rome and also did design work for Westinghouse, Mellon Bank and US Steel. After graduating, Tom moved to New York City and was involved with the Pop Art movement and produced the first “Happening” at Fire Island off Long Island, and spent a year in Greece with a studio on the Island of Hydra. Returning to the US, Tom earned a Master’s degree from Edinboro State University, and began a college teaching career, while continuing to explore and develop his own vision through drawing, painting, sculpture and photography. His eclectic style has been described as having the look of refined graffiti – a style that grew out of a combination of his neoclassical training and involvement with the Abstract and Pop Art movements of his time.