“Pumpkin October” 1976 by John HitchensJohn Hitchens (born 1940) is a British painter renowned for his abstract landscape works, deeply influenced by the natural surroundings of the South Downs, where he grew up. The son of celebrated British artist Ivon Hitchens, John was immersed in a rich artistic legacy that shaped his distinctive style. Drawing from both his fathers influence and modernist traditions, John Hitchens creates works that blend abstraction with a connection to the natural