Mary Pratt
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Mary Frances Pratt (née West) (born 1935 in Fredericton, New Brunswick) is a Canadian painter specializing in still life paintings. She attended Mount Allison University, graduating in 1961. She met her future husband, the artist Christopher Pratt, at Mount Allison. After the marriage, she moved with him to Newfoundland.
Her first solo exhibition was held at the Memorial University Art Gallery in Newfoundland in 1967. In 1996, she was named Companion of the Order of Canada.
Her works include:
- The Back Porch (http://www.heritage.nf.ca/arts/agnl/prints/0464bio.html) (1966)
- Caplin (http://www.heritage.nf.ca/arts/agnl/prints/0465b.html) (1969)
- Eviscerated Chickens (http://www.heritage.nf.ca/arts/agnl/prints/0401b.html) (1971)
- Red Currant Jelly (http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/search/artwork_e.jsp?mkey=1529) (1972)
- Amaryllis (http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/search/artwork_e.jsp?mkey=15494) (1975)
External links
- Pratt's work at the National Gallery of Canada (http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/search/artist_work_e.jsp?iartistid=4435)
- Pratt's work at the Art Gallery of Newfoundland & Labrador (http://www.heritage.nf.ca/arts/agnl/mpratt1.html)