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AIRPORT HOSTS MONTHLY ART EXHIBIT

 The public is invited to an opening reception featuring the works of local artist Bruce Cook from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, January 19 in the terminal building at Hot Springs Memorial Field, 525 Airport Road.  The collection will remain on display until February 11.
A graduate of Columbia University in New York City, Cook entered active duty as an artillery officer in the United States Marine Corps in 1954.  In 1957, he returned to Columbia University to earn a Master’s degree in Russian literature, along with the Certificate of the Russian Institute.  Following a 25-year career as a covert operations officer with the Central Intelligence Agency, he was awarded the CIA’s Career Intelligence Medal along with other citations for distinguished service.
Bruce began his self-taught oil painting when he began a new career as an investment advisor.  Following retirement from his second career, he and his wife Diana relocated from northern Virginia to Hot Springs, where he devoted more time and energy to painting.  He is a long-time member of the Traditional Art Guild, having served as president and vice president.
Bruce favors outdoor themes, and views himself as a servant of the paint, saying, “In working on a picture, I try to discover what the paint wants to do, and then help it to do it.”
 The airport continues a year-long schedule of rotating exhibits, with an opening reception on the third Saturday of each month.  For more information on the airport exhibit, contact Nina Louton, 622-3100.

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