"There's magic in his paintings," said Tom Smart, the director of the Beaverbrook Gallery in Fredericton and author of Christopher Pratt: Six Decades. Christopher Pratt/Mira Godard GalleryThat unsettling gaze marked much of Pratt's art. Both sides of Pratt's family stretched back generations in Newfoundland, and many of them were staunchly opposed to joining Canada. Belying that serious edge, "a road trip with Christopher Pratt is pretty funny," Eagan said. That same year, Christopher Pratt painted Trongate Abstract, inspired by a devastating fire at the Glasgow School of Art, his alma mater.

Source: CBC News June 05, 2022 22:33 UTC