John Christopher Pratt CC ONL RCA (December 9, 1935 – June 5, 2022)[1] was one of Canada's most prominent painters and printmakers.

[2] In addition to a body of highly acclaimed paintings, prints, drawings and writing, he designed the flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.

[4] He first started painting watercolours in 1952 and won the provincial government's Arts and Letters Competition for his piece titled Shed in a Storm.

In 1959 Pratt returned to Mount Allison University to complete in 1961 a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.

[8] In 1961, Pratt accepted the position of curator at the newly opened Memorial University Art Gallery in St. John's.

He remained at the gallery for two and a half years before deciding to concentrate on his painting full-time, moving his family to Salmonier, Newfoundland.

[13] Pratt 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.

[20] 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.