Kitsch Series

The KITSCH series came about from a call by the Alberta Craft Gallery entitled, 'KITSCH'. These pieces are based on feminist ideas and the desire to show that like 'kitsch', how women are often treated is also, 'in bad taste.' The individual images reference farm animals and their comparison to women and the equality of status we are often perceived to have with them. Lining the frames are the following quotes:

• “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” Also, “Canada was built on dead beavers.” (Margaret Atwood)
• “A wise woman once said, ‘f&%# this shit,’ and she lived happily ever after.”
  (Anonymous)
• “You could put a blond wig on a hot-water heater and some dude would try to f&%# it.” 
  (Tina Fey, Bossypants) ​
• “Never retract, never explain, never apologize; get things done and let them howl.” 
  (Nellie L. McClung)
• “I can’t be a rose in any man’s lapel.” (Margaret Trudeau)
• ​“Women’s total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage.”
  (Gloria Steinem)​

Prairie Embroideries

I consider these pieces a continuation of women's voices, mine adding to theirs from the past. I transfer my own photos onto antique linen doilies and then, using what was traditionally considered 'women's work' I embroider a landscape around an abandoned space. 

Quiet Voices and Bedtime Stories

These pieces are all 20cm x 20cm x 4cm or less and are are panel board or canvas

Large Paintings

Fibre & Mixed Media

Felted & Embroidered Art Cards and Word Scarves

If you would like specific cards or scarves, I'm happy to do custom orders, please email me at cc@corinnecowell.com.
​Otherwise, these items can be found at the Alberta Craft Gallery in Calgary and Edmonton.