{"title":"Carla Cornick","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg style=\"max-height: 300px; max-width:55%\" src=\"https:\/\/helloart-prod-bucket.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/media\/artist\/carla-carla-cornick\/carla-carla-cornick-profile.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarla Cornick is a New Jersey based, multidisciplinary artist, writer and performer whose work explores identity, resilience, and cultural memory through watercolor, oil, mixed media, quilting, and narrative. Born in Okinawa, Japan during her father’s military service, her perspective has been shaped by cultural exchange, travel, and a lifelong connection to storytelling. She studied theology and music ministry at Kent Christian College in Dover, Delaware, and later attended Burlington County College\/Rowan College.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eCornick’s work is rooted in a lineage of makers. Her father, a master carpenter following his military service, approached woodworking with the sensibility of an artist. Her maternal grandmother spent 45 years as a seamstress in a Newark, NJ garment factory, and her mother sewed and knitted the family’s clothing by hand—early influences that shaped Cornick’s enduring relationship with fiber, craft, and narrative. Through layered pattern, vibrant color, and expressive figures, her work examines presence, dignity, visibility, and the emotional landscapes people carry beneath the surface.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eFor Cornick, art is both rebellion and lifeline—a way of resisting erasure, reclaiming voice, and creating connection through beauty and truth. In spring 2026, she helped launch the Waterfront South Gallery at the South Camden Theatre Company in Camden, NJ and now co-curates rotating exhibits and community-centered events throughout its seasons, helping create space for emerging and regional artists. Across visual art, writing—including her novel Braids—and performance, Cornick approaches creative expression as an act of cultural reflection, community building, soul deep healing and personal agency.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003ePhoto courtesy of Nicole Nurthen Photography ©️2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eARTIST’S STATEMENT\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eArt is my rebellion, my healing, and my soul’s first language. I create to share my truth and help people feel something real.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eI love creating emotionally driven art that tells a story. Whether through abstraction, florals, silhouettes, sound or movement, I invite viewers to experience my truth while exploring their own. My work is less about realism and more about emotion, memory, energy, and the human experience. \r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eI believe that inspiration lives in ordinary moments, human emotion, nature, memory, and transformation. Right now I’m deeply inspired by floral portraiture and abstract storytelling. I consider myself a soul-led artist, guided by my intuition, emotions, and the world around me. Sometimes I start with a plan, and sometimes I don’t — but the story always reveals itself through color, texture, and brushstrokes as I paint.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"chipped","title":"Chipped","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOil on canvas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e24x30x1.50\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Chipped\" reminds me of my childhood dreams, a little girl with a chipped tooth, daring to believe in the impossible. Although her face is obscured, she dreams big, beautiful dreams.  May we never loose sight of all that is truly important. \r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eThis painting is part of my Loose Florals collection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carla Cornick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43810725724263,"sku":null,"price":3470.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1779585775_93730.png?v=1779883343"},{"product_id":"seven-blooms-for-rosie","title":"Seven Blooms for Rosie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOil on canvas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e18x24x1\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Seven Blooms for Rosie\" is part of my loose florals collection, exploring the space between inner truth and outward appearance. Seven pink roses veil the face of a young woman, symbolizing the ways we mask grief, vulnerability, and private struggles beneath beauty and composure. Inspired by memories of my grandmother's rose perfume and the symbolic energy of the number seven--movement, intuition, and spiritual direction--the work reflects the tension between concealment and authenticity. \r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eThe blue background evokes emotional depth, while layers of abstraction mirror the shifting moods and complexities of the human experience. A single green stem reaching upward through the bouquet suggesting an unseen connection to something greater: spirit, consciousness, memory, or source. Through this work, I continue my exploration of art as a meeting place between imagination, emotion, and the deeply human desire to be truly seen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carla Cornick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43810738864231,"sku":null,"price":2020.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1779587589_77092.png?v=1779883394"},{"product_id":"bouquet-of-loose-roses","title":"Bouquet of Loose Roses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOil on canvas panel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e18x24x1\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carla Cornick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43810752004199,"sku":null,"price":1345.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1779588662_26703.png?v=1779883462"},{"product_id":"peonies-4","title":"Peonies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcrylic on canvas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e16x20x1\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carla Cornick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43810765733991,"sku":null,"price":780.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1779591250_48551.png?v=1779883509"},{"product_id":"rhythm-and-blues","title":"Rhythm and Blues","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOil \u0026amp; oil pastel on canvas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e36x48x1.50\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carla Cornick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43810787754087,"sku":null,"price":3960.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1779592409_43051.png?v=1779883612"},{"product_id":"ordinary-people-reflections","title":"Ordinary People: Reflections","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWatercolor on cotton paper (framed).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e33x26x1\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrdinary People: Reflections\r\u003cbr\u003eWatercolor on paper\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eInspired by the song “Ordinary People” by John Legend, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the social and political climate surrounding the 2020 U.S. election, Ordinary People: Reflections is part of an ongoing collection of quilts and watercolors exploring the humanity, resilience, and emotional interior lives of people of the African diaspora.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eThis watercolor reimagines an earlier quilt of the same title through faceless abstract figures dressed in rich tones reminiscent of plums, dates, and figs. Rain falls around them — symbolic of grief, sorrow, and the emotional weight of the world today — while their reflections shimmer in the puddles beneath their feet. These mirrored forms serve as a reminder that as within, so without: what is carried internally inevitably shapes what is reflected outward into the world.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eThough the figures mourn inwardly, they are adorned with jeweled accessories and move through the composition with dignity, abundance, and quiet grace. The world often sees only resilience, beauty, and composure, while the deeper emotional realities remain unseen.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eCreated in response to the murder of George Floyd and the continued struggle for equity and human dignity, this work asks viewers to look beyond fear, division, and assumption. 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