Pratt has served on the Canadian government's Stamp Design Advisory Committee from 1972 to 1975 and on the board of the Canada Council for the Arts from 1975 to 1981. In 1980, Pratt designed the Provincial Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador. His work is found in the public collections of the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, the Vancouver Art Gallery, The Rooms, and the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Personal life Pratt met artist Mary West at Mount Allison University. They married in 1957 and had five children: John, Anne, Barbara, Ned, and David, who died in infancy. The couple divorced in 2004. He later married Jeanette Meehan, who was his studio assistant, in 2007; they divorced in 2016. Pratt lived and worked in the community of St. Catherine's, in a region often referred to simply as Salmonier, Mount Carmel at the head of St. Mary's Bay, from 1963 until his death. He died on the morning of June 5, 2022, at his home on the bank of the Salmonier River. He was 86 years old. Works Boat in Sand (1961) Good Friday (1973) March Night (1976) March Crossing (1977) Benoit's Cove: Sheds in Winter (1998) Awards and honours Pratt became an associate of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (ARCA) and a member of the Canadian Society of Graphic Art in 1965, at the age of 30. Eight years later, he was appointed an officer of the Order of Canada, before becoming a companion of the Order in 1983. He was awarded the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2018. Pratt was awarded an honorary doctorate by Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1972. In 2018, Pratt was the subject of Kenneth J. Harvey's documentary film Immaculate Memories: The Uncluttered Worlds of Christopher Pratt. References External links Pratt's work at the National Gallery of Canada 1935 births 2022 deaths 20th-century Canadian male artists 20th-century Canadian painters 21st-century Canadian male artists 21st-century Canadian painters Artists from Newfoundland and Labrador Canadian male painters Companions of the Order of Canada Flag designers Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Mount Allison University alumni People from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Pre-Confederation Newfoundland and Labrador people