for such clients as the Smithsonian Institution and the Treasury Department in Washington, DC, the State House in Trenton, NJ, the Society for the Preservation of the New England Antiquities in Boston, MA, and the Library of the Four Arts in Palm Beach, FL. 

After opening his first studio in West Palm Beach, FL, Tomasz briefly continued to work on restoration projects which included the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts and Villa Vizcaya in Miami, the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, and the Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL. 

During that time, while continually painting and drawing in search of his definitive personal form of artistic expression, Rut started transitioning from art conservation into creating art, focused initially on large scale decorative and mural projects commissioned by interior designers for prominent Palm Beach and Miami estates, including celebrity and many Forbes’ richest American clients.Given a sufficient degree of artistic freedom, and challenged by the vast scope of required creativity, Tomasz was able to start developing his own consistent artistic vision and painting technique.Finding and formulating his own distinctive style and method of painting in the early nineties, the artist gradually abandoned commissioned work and devoted himself fully to to his own art. Soon, his early works were published and appeared in many galleries, gaining Tomasz recognition as one of the leading contemporary figurative painters.