EVERETTE BALL
Friends at the National Park #2
Colored pencil and ink on paper, 15” x 22”.

Born and raised in New York City, Mr. Ball is now 25. Ball is diagnosed with autism. While he reads at 3rd grade level, he does algebra, and is superb at deductive reasoning.

Mr. Ball always drew as a child. Early on he started to draw his surroundings. This led to including the people he knew, and later, virtually anyone who crossed his path showed up in his drawings. His current landscapes reflect his summer vacations in Upstate New York.

His high school teacher, Jackie Lipton, first noticed his extraordinary talent to capture his surroundings. She encouraged him all through high school and she did not forget him after his high school graduation. She zealously pursued finding a place where he could continue making art. Mr. Ball is now a member of HAI’s Saturday Studio, and his second Survey exhibition.