Cobalt Thoughts, 36x60, oil on canvas, 2025

Poems & Heroes

A SOLO EXHIBITION WITH WORKS BY CAROLINE CHEN

DECEMBER 2025

OPENING EVENT:
December 5, 2025 | 5 - 9 PM

Transitioning through life, I am inspired by nature and the enduring truths that connect us. The paintings are visual odes to the dialogue between intuition and intention, exploring how instinct and structure coexist, and how outer landscapes reflect inner ones. Courage is key—the courage to trust chance, accept change, and allow the painting—and the hero within it—to reveal itself.

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The Delaware Contemporary is closed on New Year's Day, Juneteenth, 4th of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day.

The Delaware Contemporary's exhibitions and educational programs are made possible by major support from: Arsht-Cannon Fund; Borgenicht Foundation; DCF: Community Needs Fund; Delaware Division of Small Business; The Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts - the Division promotes Delaware arts events at www.delawarescene.com; Discover Bank; State of Delaware - Grant-in-Aid; Institute of Museum and Library Services; The Laffey-McHugh Foundation; Longwood Foundation; PNC Foundation; Principal Foundation; Tuttleman Foundation; and WSFS Bank.

Additional support is provided by: Babe Styling Studio; Crystal Trust; Currie Hair, Skin, Nails; DCF (Delaware Community Foundation): David Ryerson Fund; DCF: Five Toes Fund; DCF: Youth Philanthropy Board of NCC; Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware; Iron Hill Brewery; Midnight Oil Brewing Company; and the Welfare Foundation.

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