Stuff
of Life
(for Mary Pratt)
she
was
the
artistic
sort
who
agreed
preserving
an
iridescent
jar
of red
currant
jelly
was
just as
important
as
capturing
a
sink
full of
dishes
or
even a
half
dozen
cracked
eggs
the
stuff
of
life
little
truths
a
world
full
of
small
domestic
ceremonies
made
extraordinary
***
I penned this small verse after I heard
the news that East Coast artist Mary Pratt passed away at age 83. She was so
good with light and turning the most ordinary objects into beautiful works of
art. As I said to a friend who is drawn to her work, “Mary Pratt, to me, is the Carol Shields of painting.” That is a
high compliment coming from me because I adore Carol Shields and the seamless
way she was able to shape sentences into incredible stories about ordinary
things, common things. It was their execution of their perspective art-forms
that made them extraordinary creatives and women.
She left behind a spectacular body of
work.
In propinquity,
Nic
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