Bill Batson: Hopper Country

Since
August 2011, Bill Batson has created over 120 sketches and short essays that
profile local people and place of interest called Nyack Sketch Log on nyacknewsandviews.com. Edward Hopper looms
large in his Sketch Log archive, appearing as the subject or inspiration for
five columns. Batson's columns chronicle a bevy of other artists, writers and
performers who have found their way to the Hudson River Valley village where
Hopper spent his formative years. A rich harvest of brilliant artists including
Horton Foote, Carson McCullers and Helen Hayes were drawn to the fertile
creative soil of Hopper's Nyack and have also been featured in Batson's Nyack
Sketch Log. The work assembled in this exhibit, in style and substance, pays
homage to the impact of Hopper Country.