Robert Pratt

Discovered by Peter Fonda, Bob was cast in Fonda's 1971 film "The Hired Hand." Guest roles in all the top television shows of the day soon followed. Creatively driven and not completely satisfied with Hollywood, he and friend Randolph Mantooth created Prattooth Productions, a multi-media production company where, as co-owner and GM, Bob pioneered many audio-visual techniques still in use today. He finally left Hollywood to focus on growing his business, which he did so well that he caught the attention of Anheuser-Busch in St. Louis. They joined forces, leading Bob to become Creative Director of the Anheuser-Busch division Busch Creative Services. He was also Creative Director of Sorgel Studios in Milwaukee, and the inaugural Creative Director of the Meetings Division of the Carlson Marketing Group in Minneapolis. Even as he continued working in corporate America Bob was a creative artist first and foremost. Marrying his artistic talents and creative skills with his facility for business led to his work being recognized by the International Association of Business Communicators, the Association for Multi-Image and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Never one to sit on his laurels, Bob has authored two novels and continues to work as an artist, primarily a painter. His art had always taken a back seat, first to acting, then to his corporate career, Bob now focuses on his painting full time. Like Degas and his ballerinas, Bob is dedicated to a particular subject. Chickens. It is his mission, through his art, to answer the question once and for all, "Why did the chicken cross the road?"