Frank Allen Goad, who passed away June 1 at the age of 80, was one of
the South Coast’s major artists too few knew. No doubt a writing teacher
would want to rap her student on the knuckles if said student created a
character with the doubly obvious name Frank Goad. The funny part is
that Frank Goad did exist, even if he was quite a character, and was
perhaps most himself being frank while goading people. But what else
would we want from our artists but brutal honesty? Frank loved to tell
the tale of his favorite rejection note. He would quote the disapproving
editor: “Dear Mr. Goad, I think I know what you’re trying to do … and I
don’t like it.”
Want to read the rest of this in memoriam then do so at the
Independent's site.
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