1 Warning

The story is fiction, yet the artwork is real.

The story does contain some graphic imagery, art terms etc.

'The Anguished Man' is an eerie portrait with an unknown history dating back to presumably, Northern England. It's one of the worlds most haunted painting.

This distorted image depicting a figure howling in excruciating pain's medium is blood. This medium has a conceptual meaning and could represent the artist's identification with life and death.

This nightmarish subject matter has inspired this book 'The Painters Death Wish' after the discovery of the artwork, it is sad to announce, that after completing the artwork, the artist committed suicide.

An example of a blood painting would be this landscape painting done by Merryn Singer, rendering death camps during Apartheid.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

Accolades:

The Imperial Awards 2020

The Northern Scribe Award for Genre Champion of the Paranormal Genre:

Certificate:

Review:

THE PAINTERS DEATH WISH/PARANORMAL_PRINCESS

I have read stories with psychological dilemmas however, B.C. Lawrence's Painter's Death Wish shoved my curiosity. The story was written in an emotionally gruesome way. The story revolves of a boy who is in deep aesthetic madness caused by his confusions of real art. "Is blood not thicker than the paint?" Literally, the painting's medium is the painter's blood and flesh. The author's ideology on psychologically troubled individuals is an eye opener for everyone that the horrors they face are not just a typical fears but tormenting nightmares. Every book is not worth comparing to any other stories because it has its own uniqueness and standout at its genre. And this one, the author just nailed it.

The Rainbow Awards:

Third place for Mystery/Thriller:

Review:

The Crown Awards

First place for Paranormal:

Gen Z Awards

First place for Horror

Thank you so much for the support ;D, Happy reading.

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