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Dana Cowie
The Little Match Girl
watercolour on paper
13" x 17"
About the Work
She again rubbed a match on the wall, and the light shone round her; in the brightness stood her old grandmother, clear and shining, yet mild and loving in her appearance. "Grandmother," cried the little one,
"O take me with you; I know you will go away when the match burns out; you will vanish like the warm stove, the roast goose, and the large, glorious Christmas-tree." And she made haste to light the whole bundle of matches, for she wished to keep her grandmother there. And the matches glowed with a light that was brighter than the noon-day, and her grandmother had never appeared so large or so beautiful. She took the little girl in her arms, and they both flew upwards in brightness and joy far above the earth, where there was neither cold nor hunger nor pain, for they were with God.
—Hans Christian Anderson
About the Artist
Dana Cowie is originally from Hamilton and began her study of fine arts in 1994 in the Special Arts Program at Central Tech, Toronto. Dana's figurative work makes extensive use of techniques from painting, collage and drawing, with a high key colour palette. Her subjects range from the past and memory, to fashion, street scenes and still life depicting her surroundings and everyday objects. Her paintings often represent abstract emotions.
