Christopher Pratt, who cast a mysterious and magical aura above the Newfoundland and Labrador landscape with artwork that achieved global acclaim, has died. He was 86. He died early Sunday morning, his household reported in a statement.  “He died as he wished, surrounded by loved ones and good friends in his residence of 59 many years on the Salmonier River,” the family’s assertion reported.  He is survived by 4 little ones and other loved ones. Acclaimed painter Mary Pratt, explained in the relatives statement as his “very best friend and someday wife,” died in 2018.  “It really is a huge reduction, to so a lot of. Canada has shed a…