Mia Brownell "Leda and the Swan"
Mia Brownell "Leda and the Swan" 2020 Painting: Oil on CanvasDimensions: 26 x 31 inUniqueSigned on Verso, Includes Signed Certificate of Authenticity Mia Brownell is a New York and Connecticut-based artist whose paintings use the illusionistic conventions of traditional food still-life painting, simultaneously referencing 17th-century Dutch realism and the coiling configurations of scientific molecular imaging. The culture, science, and environmental issues surrounding the global industrial food complex often inspire Brownell’s sci-fi still-life paintings. Brownell has received numerous awards and honors, including the New York Foundation for the Arts (SOS); New York State Council on the Arts (Arts Westchester Artist Grant); US Department of State (Art in Embassies); Public Art Commissions (University of Connecticut Health Center and the city of Geneva, NY); and Connecticut State University Research Grants. Past residencies include Millay Colony and the American Acade