Your article on Hank Pitcher was outstanding. I first met Hank when surfing at Isla Vista Beach in the early 1960s. Through the years I watched as his artistic skills went through the roof, and I often continued to surf with him and fellow artist Michel Drury, another fine local landscape painter inspired by Ray Strong.
While serving on the Capital Campaign Committee securing funds for construction of the newly opened Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, the concept of “Healing Art” was explained, and the decision was to include the works of local artists who would have a feeling for the region. The beautiful works of many outstanding local artists are now on the walls of the new hospital.
When it came time to choose an artist for what I considered to be the most important work of art for the hospital, I immediately thought of Hank. His recent landscapes took on the feeling that is so expertly expressed in Roger Durling’s fine article.