| Thoughts on Driving to Venus: Christopher Pratt's Car Books Contributor(s): Pratt, Christopher (Author), Smart, Tom (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0889843848 ISBN-13: 9780889843844 Publisher: Porcupine's Quill OUR PRICE: $20.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Canada - Atlantic Provinces (nb, Nl, Ns, Pe) - Art | Canadian |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.7" (0.80 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Geographic Orientation - New Brunswick - Geographic Orientation - Newfoundland - Geographic Orientation - Nova Scotia - Geographic Orientation - Prince Edward Island |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Thoughts on Driving to Venus documents the thoughts, memories and impressions of Canadian artist Christopher Pratt as he drives across Newfoundland in search of inspiration. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pratt, Christopher: - Christopher Pratt is a prominent Canadian painter and printmaker known for creating meticulously precise images of Atlantic Canadian settings. Born in St. John's Newfoundland in 1935, he studied art at the Glasgow School of Art and Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, before deciding in 1963 to dedicate himself to his art full time in his home province of Newfoundland. His works have been exhibited nationally and internationally, and have received many prestigious awards and honours. In 1980, he designed Newfoundland and Labrador's provincial flag. He was named a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1983. Pratt lives and works in St. Mary's Bay in Newfoundland. Smart, Tom: -Art curator and author, Tom Smart has written many award-winning books and organized numerous exhibitions about Canadian and international art. He has worked in art galleries across Canada and the United States, including the Frick in Pittsburgh, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, and the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, where he was its executive director. His monographic exhibitions on east coast Canadian Realists-Alex Colville, Mary and Christopher Pratt, and Tom Forrestall, among others-opened new avenues for understanding this important art movement. While at the McMichael, Tom broadened its exhibition mandate to embrace First Nations art and artists, was instrumental in developing its acclaimed Ivan Eyre Sculpture Garden, and commissioned renowned author Ross King to write a historical portrait of the Group of Seven that was published in 2010 as Defiant Spirits. Currently, as art curator and supervisor of education at the Peel Art Gallery, Museum and |