John Christopher Maxwell Pratt [December 9, 1935 – June 5, 2022]

June 2022

 

Here’s the wonderful obituary by Mireille Eagan, published in The Globe and Mail:

PAINTER CAPTURED THE RUGGED NATURE OF HIS BELOVED NEWFOUNDLAND

Driving to Venus: A Long and Winding Road

(Images: After the Cold War, Driving to Venus – A Long and Winding Road, courtesy Emma Butler Gallery)

Chanterelles

BY Heidi Wicks

“Matilda,” her father told her once, “there’s this one kind of mushroom, they look a whole lot like chanterelles, but let it be known – they’re not chanterelles. They’re called Jack-o’-Lanterns and they make a person quite sick.”