I came across Pratt while looking though Impact 11, specifically “The World Is A Handkerchief” of which she was a part of. The exhibit featured handkerchiefs decorated by numerous artists emphasising the nature of community and connections both in the art world and wider society which is especially prevalent today with the nature of Covid-19.

Pratt prints on waste materials, giving a sense of age while exploring empty spaces, there’s often deterioration in her prints of materials such as the waste, though not quite dilapidation more like the feeling of being left behind, or alone late at night in the eerie hours. Pratt seems to look at the absence of human presence in her exploration of empty spaces, her use of white space creates an openness as if waiting in a limbo. Though she draws from the mundane her compositions have an otherness, almost eerie due to the surreal imagery and blacked out areas which gives them simplistic illustrative feel. The above print is of a kitchen simply drawn with skewed perspective and illustrative line then heavy tone added in the wall and tile floor. I really like the composition of this print and the tones, the contrast in light and dark enhance the strange otherness to the print, truly like the feeling of being in the kitchen late at night as if you shouldn’t be there.