Bruce Ben Pope was born in Akron, Ohio. He received his BA in Business and Economics from Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. During his business career, he held corporate and entrepreneurial positions in New York City; Housatonic, Massachusetts; Lockport, Louisiana; and Paducah, Kentucky. At Studio One in Gray, Louisiana, Pope studied painting under the tutelage of Dorothy Billiu-Hensche and also studied painting and drawing with artists Shelly Fink and Nellie Wren Fink in Alford, Massachusetts. He is the recent (2016) 1st Place Winner (Oils) at the 81st Women of Paducah...more
