Beneath every perfect life lies a masterpiece of deception.
Pentimenti
What we paint over
He can capture anyone’s hidden nature — but is blind to his own.
Each morning, Philian Kasik writes a resignation letter he never sends. Each night, his portraits reveal truths too raw to ignore, until the one he fears most threatens to tear apart the life he’s built.…
‘Hello?’
‘Hi — is this Mira?’
‘Who’s this?’
‘Yeah, sorry, it’s Tony. Bit random. My mate James — barman at the Two Crowns — gave me your number?’
‘Big fella, terrible jokes, gives my number to strangers?’
‘Yeah, that’s the one.’