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)

RESURRECTING THE GREAT AUK

BY Drew Brown

The Great Auk got a raw deal. Setting its cloned Razorbill-hybrid progeny down on Funk Island as an act of atonement is a tempting proposition. Easing our collective guilt aside, a resurrected Auk could be an economic boon. Every cove and tickle would put in an ACOA grant to host a penguin hatchery.