Second date: After two days, I finally noticed the brown flecks in the paint shimmer, and identified the brown pearl, which could easily passed for black.

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Sylvia Maier, a Brooklyn-based artist, painted seven of the portraits featuring Ms. Brown, using actual cocoa mixed with alkyd paint and wax.

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The paint is thick, almost recklessly applied, gloriously messy and richly hued from blue-green to brown to tan to yellowy white.

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