Examines the life and work of Canadian painter Mary Pratt with art from the exhibition Mary Pratt. Regarded as one of Canada's finest still life realist artists, Mary Pratt's luminescent paintings form the visual focus of Goose Lane Edition's Mary Pratt, a career retrospective that examines every aspect of this unique artist's creative journey. Featuring seventy-four full colour reproductions of Pratt's most renowned works and a complete chronology of her career, including an selected list of her solo and group exhibitions, the book is augmented with a series of essays by five acclaimed art critics, curators and essayists.

"Published in conjunction with the exhibition Mary Pratt, organized by The Rooms, St. John's (May-September 2013) and the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax (September 2014-January 2015). Travelling to the Art Gallery of Windsor (September 2013-January 2014), the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario (January-April) and the MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina (May-August 2014)."--Title page verso.