The East Coast artist Mary Pratt celebrated the ordinary domestic lives of women by documenting everyday household items and events in her r…

Untitled (Making Bread 2)

More Works By Mary Pratt Watercolor
7.5 × 7.5 in 19.05 × 19.05 cm
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About Untitled (Making Bread 2)

The East Coast artist Mary Pratt celebrated the ordinary domestic lives of women by documenting everyday household items and events in her realistic paintings. Working from a photograph of simple things like bread rising in a bowl, jars of jelly on a window sill or a bowl of fruit, she transformed the banal into a meaningful ritual.
This watercolour in soft pastels—blues, yellow, pinks, a touch of burgundy red and black features a bowl of dough sitting on a kitchen counter in the foreground—a glass jar and an old-fashioned mixer in the background.

“I don’t think anything is ordinary. I think everything is complex and worthy of conjecture and worthy of a close look.” Mary Pratt

Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick (1935-2018), Pratt was encouraged to draw and paint from an early age. She studied painting with the famed Alex Colville at Mount Alison University in NB. Named Companion of the Order of Canada in 1996, she received nine honorary doctorates from universities across Canada. Her work is found in public, corporate and private collections including the National Gallery of Canada, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, The Art Gallery of Ontario and Canada House, UK.
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