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THE PORTRAIT PAINTER: BENEATH THE SURFACE LIES A DARKER TALE

THE PORTRAIT PAINTER: BENEATH THE SURFACE LIES A DARKER TALE
By Esmeralda M Kelly

GENRE: Drama
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A prodigious artist, cursed with an autobiographical memory, is burdened by guilt and haunted by the vivid memory of wishing for her father’s death at the age of eight. Through her art, she confronts buried trauma, uncovers dark family secrets, and navigates the fine line between redemption and her own fractured morality.

SYNOPSIS:

Catha, a prodigious artist, possesses an an autobiographical memory that forces her to relive every moment of her life in vivid detail. While this ability has given her unparalleled skill in capturing the human experience in her art, it has also become a curse, leaving her haunted by the guilt of wishing for her father’s death at the age of eight. As an adult, Catha channels her pain and trauma into her artwork, but the emotional weight she carries begins to affect every part of her life.

While grappling with her unresolved guilt, Catha becomes entangled in a relationship with Vincenzo, a man who draws her in with his charm, but whose dark side mirrors the shadows of her own past. As she gets closer to the truth, Catha must confront her own fractured morality and determine whether she can find redemption in both her art and her personal life—or if the weight of her past will ultimately consume her.

In the end, Catha’s journey becomes one of self-discovery, and the fragile balance between redemption and destruction, as she is forced to reckon with the truth of what happened that night long ago and the consequences it still holds.

Tasha Lewis

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Rutger Oosterhoff

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Nelda De La Paz

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Arthur Charpentier

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Esmeralda M Kelly

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Nathaniel Baker

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Abdusamad Shafiev

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Nate Rymer

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