October 4, 2011 by Bill Batson Since the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations began three weeks ago on September 17th, the size of the crowds has grown as well as the arrests and police disruptions. The […]
Author: Bill Batson
Bill Batson is an artist, writer and activist. He has worked for non profits, labor unions, and
government in New York State as an organizer writer and public relations specialist.
Nyack Sketch Log: Straight Lines Ruin Everything
September 27, 2011 by Bill Batson When I draw a building, the inhabitants are mostly strangers to me and the people who built the structure are like phantoms who interact with us solely through their […]
Nyack Sketch Log: Alien Archeologists
September 20, 2011 by Bill Batson If ten thousand years from now, alien archeologists had only the ruins of our village with which to judge us, what conclusions would they reach? There are several obvious […]
Nyack Sketch Log: Jen White For Mayor
September 12, 2011 by BillBatson I have a new appreciation for shelter having spent the summer outside sketching Nyack. The heat, the rain, the wind, the insects and the man made plague, the car, have […]
Nyack Sketch Log: Remember John Perry
September 11, 2011 by Bill Batson On 9/11 I think of my friend John Perry. He was a NYC beat cop who was also active in the ACLU. Yes, he was a rare bird. After […]
Nyack Sketch Log: The Lights Are Back On. But Is Anyone Home?
September 6, 2011 by Bill Batson People who ignore the symptoms of hypertension are living on borrowed time. Along the same line, societies that neglect their infrastructure are just as reckless and similarly imperiled. Like […]
Nyack Sketch Log: Wet and Wild Elephants
August 30, 2011 by Bill Batson I suspect that the building in this drawing will soon be demolished. I feel like every non-residential building in Nyack that I draw is on the chopping block; Hilltop […]
Nyack Sketch Log: Liberty Street is Aptly Named
August 23, 2011 by Bill Batson Local artist Bill Batson thinks Nyack is a sketchy place — literally. Inspired by the public art events of Hopper Happens, he has spent the last two months sketching […]