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Beer With a Painter: Melissa Brown

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Beer With a Painter: Melissa Brown
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Melissa Brown has worn cat-eye makeup every day since she was a teenager. I can’t help but associate it with her paintings, where the sacred and profane converge amid mirrored surfaces, shop windows, psychics’ tables, and bedroom altars. The cat-eye flick is dramatic and powerful, dating back to ancient Egypt, where women wore mineral liner for its health properties and as protection against the evil eye. To connote the layering of our daily experience, Brown collages a spectr

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