Kenneth Potter, A.W.S. (1926-2011) Born: Bakersfield, CA; Studied: San Francisco Academy of Art, Academie Frochot (Paris), Istituto Statale dei Belle Arte (Florence); Member: Society of Western Artists; American Watercolor Society. Ken Potter is a third generation Californian. He grew up in Northern California during the depression and began drawing regularly at an early age. While living in Sacramento, he received art instruction through a W.P.A. sponsored program. As a teenager, he visited the 1939 World’s Fair art exhibit in San Francisco where he viewed works by many of the world’s gr...