Cecily Brown is a British painter. Her style displays the influence of a variety of contemporary painters, from Willem de Kooning, Francis Bacon and Joan Mitchell, to Old Masters like Rubens, Poussin and Goya. Brown earned a Diploma in Art and Design from the Epsom School of Art, Surrey, England and, took drawing and printmaking classes at Morley College, London, and received a BA degree in Fine Arts from the Slade School of Art, London, England.