Image: Mary Pratt To find out how things actually look is a revelation. — Mary Pratt, 1997 I got to the Mary Pratt exhibit on the very last day of the show. I took my almost ten year old with me and she was astonished. It was exciting to be with someone who had never seen her work before. She kept repeating over and over, "I can't believe they are not photographs." She put on the headphones and heard Mary Pratt speak about her art. At one point she relayed that Mary Pratt thought she was cheating because she painted from photographs. My daughter shook her head and said simply, "She's no cheat." I have been to a Mary Pratt exhibit before at the Art Gallery of NS back when I was a university student and she continues to be my favourite artist. She has definitely made a noticeable impression on my own work. However, I had not yet seen an image of hers that you can see above called Between the Dark and the Daylight (2011). ...