SCALE(S)
​June 6 - 29, 2025 at The Delaware Contemporary

scale/skāl/ noun
plural noun: scales

1. each of the small, thin horny or bony plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles, typically overlapping one another.
2. an arrangement of the notes in any system of music in ascending or descending order of pitch.
3. climb up or over (something high and steep). 
4. represent in proportional dimensions; reduce or increase in size according to a common scale.

For Caroline Brown, scales evoke an underwater world—her refuge and inspiration. For Caroline Chen, it speaks to practice and process. Together, we also explore a third dimension—scale as size and intensity. We explore how the physical scale of a piece shapes how it's experienced by both the artist and the viewer.

Read our artist statements HERE.

I had so much fun exploring my art in three dimensions! My Reef Dreaming installation hung from the ceiling in the gallery, and all the many fish that I made seemed to swim in the air. 

• Big Toothy Barracuda
• Paper maché, custom-printed papers


• Silver Pie Sliver Fish
• Aluminum, alcohol ink


• Stitch Fish
• Cotton fabric, fiberfill


• Orange & Red Glassy Sweepers
• Linoleum print


• Reef pieces
• Found wood, acrylic paint, string

Deep Dive, mixed media on canvas, 24” x 30”

I also included two artist books that I made this year.

​Scuba Daydreams 
is a basic fan concertina book made from monotype and custom-printed papers (unfolded 11.25” x 30”, folded 11.25” x 7.5”)

Octopus Surprise!
​ is a meander concertina book made from a single, large monotype and custom-printed papers (unfolded 4” x 24.75”, folded 4” x  2.75”)

​(photos coming soon)

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Above the Reef, mixed media on wood panel, 30” x 22”

Swim Through, mixed media on wood panels, 36” x 24”