Anne Heitner Gallery
Anne Heitner was an esteemed artist and illustrator who worked for The Spokesman Review in the early 1990s. Pat was a great fan of her skill and style and asked her to collaborate with him on the 1994 McManus calendar, published by Henry Holt. In honor of her outstanding talent in interpreting Pat’s beloved characters, we’re pleased to present the Anne Heitner Gallery, featuring art from that now-vintage calendar.
Startled, Pat demonstrates how a Full-Bore Linear Panic can evolve into the classic Group Panic.
Pat shows how to cross a creek without getting your feet wet.
Once again, with his unerring sense of direction, Pat takes charge of the situation and leads
his fellow hikers back toward civilization.
As so often happens when he's duck hunting, Pat sees not a single duck all day.
Despite Pat's skill as a dog trainer, Strange VIII shows little enthusiasm for hunting lessons and fails both pointing and retrieving.
Pat fails to convince wife, Bun, why it is essential that he buy another boat.
After many years of fishing with Grandpa Pat, Joel still cannot grasp the concept of Catch-and-Release.
Oddly, the strangely dressed men Pat and Retch met on the portage didn't offer to
give them a hand with the canoe.
Pat demonstrates to grandson Joel one of the major difficulties with the double-haul fly cast.
Having dug an exploration tunnel through to the workbenches in his garage, Pat now has high hopes of finding his canoe.
The object of the cows' sport apparently was to drive the fisherman into the opposing team's goal.
Pat discovers yet another example of cooperation between different species of wildlife.
Pat's oldest grandson, Joel, carries the bulk of the gear when backpacking with Grandpa Pat, who is responsible for the car keys and his walking stick.
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from Anne
Anne also did the black and white illustrations of Strange and his assorted animal friends seen throughout this website.
Pat used this illustration by Anne as a bookplate, which he signed and sent to people requesting his autograph.