Although varying in both mood and medium, all my works explore the same themes of memory and home. In the wake of grief and loss, I immigrated to the country my grandmother had emigrated from – turning well-known places into memories and turning memories passed down through the generations into familiar places. I seek to mimic this journey in my art by memorialising the home I once knew, mourning the future I had once assumed, and honouring the home I am building for myself now.
I employ various printmaking and textile printing techniques including aquatint, drypoint, repeat patterns, digital drawing, and devoré. Using these methods, I attempt to balance familiar, traditional styles such as repeat patterns inspired by William Morris and lace patterns with the graphic and dream-like imagery of a place anonymous to others but fundamental to my own experience.
Caitlin Brown was born in 1984 in Brooklyn, New York and lives and works in Navan, Co. Meath.
![*View from Porch (Repeat in Memory)*, digital drawing screenprint repeat pattern devoré on silk, 97 x 114cm (installation view)](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/caitlin-brown/b595333131-1685606677/1-1-caitlinbrown-1500x-q90.jpg)
View from Porch (Repeat in Memory), digital drawing screenprint repeat pattern devoré on silk, 97 x 114cm (installation view)
![*View from Porch (Repeat in Memory)*, digital drawing screenprint repeat pattern devoré on silk, 97 x 114cm (detail)](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/caitlin-brown/2760607f31-1685606677/2-2-caitlinbrown-1500x-q90.jpg)
View from Porch (Repeat in Memory), digital drawing screenprint repeat pattern devoré on silk, 97 x 114cm (detail)
![*Point Lookout 2011 (View from Porch)*, digital drawing negative screen print devoré on silk, 32 x 48cm](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/caitlin-brown/52c0a0a7c2-1685606677/3-3-caitlinbrown-1500x-q90.jpg)
Point Lookout 2011 (View from Porch), digital drawing negative screen print devoré on silk, 32 x 48cm
![*Point Lookout 2011 (View from Porch)*, copperplate aquatint print, 14.5 x 21cm](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/caitlin-brown/0ceb4324ae-1685606677/4-4-caitlinbrown-1500x-q90.jpg)
Point Lookout 2011 (View from Porch), copperplate aquatint print, 14.5 x 21cm
![*Enniscorthy Garden (Left for New York)*, drypoint print from milk carton, 30 x 29cm](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/caitlin-brown/7795c7f3bc-1685606677/5-5-caitlinbrown-1500x-q90.jpg)
Enniscorthy Garden (Left for New York), drypoint print from milk carton, 30 x 29cm
![*Navan Garden (Left New York)*, drypoint print, 19.5 x 17.5cm](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/caitlin-brown/bc8a45b06c-1685606677/6-6-caitlinbrown-1500x-q90.jpg)
Navan Garden (Left New York), drypoint print, 19.5 x 17.5cm
![*Point Lookout Beach Flags*, drypoint print, 10 x 10cm](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/caitlin-brown/89a5585c69-1685606677/7-7-caitlinbrown-1500x-q90.jpg)
Point Lookout Beach Flags, drypoint print, 10 x 10cm
![*Pavilion and Dunes (The ‘A’s)*, copperplate aquatint print, 10 x 10cm](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/caitlin-brown/eedf07a3ad-1685606677/8-8-caitlinbrown-1500x-q90.jpg)
Pavilion and Dunes (The ‘A’s), copperplate aquatint print, 10 x 10cm
![*Memories of Dunes & Tide*, multi-process print (drypoint and aquatint), 10 x 10cm](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/caitlin-brown/758ffec1d6-1685606677/9-9-caitlinbrown-1500x-q90.jpg)
Memories of Dunes & Tide, multi-process print (drypoint and aquatint), 10 x 10cm
![*The Beach Thief (Repeat with New Generation)*, digital drawing repeat printed on velvet with cotton pom-pom trim, 93 x 97cm](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/caitlin-brown/adf4ec927c-1685606677/10-10-caitlinbrown-1500x-q90.jpg)
The Beach Thief (Repeat with New Generation), digital drawing repeat printed on velvet with cotton pom-pom trim, 93 x 97cm