Mori becomes obsessed with Tomie, lapsing into alcoholism and trying over and over again to paint her. Mori completes a painting of her that he thinks is brilliant, but Tomie tells him it's worthless and she will find someone else to work with. She wants to leave a permanent imprint of herself but no artist has ever done a satisfactory job. Tomie insists that Mori paint her and capture her beauty exactly right. She says that Mori had told her Nana looked foolish and he didn't want to work with Nana any more. When Mori is working with Nana, Tomie arrives in his house. She tells him that he's very talented, but that Nana looks foolish. At an exhibition of his work, he sees Tomie in the crowd. Mitsuo Mori is a famous, successful artist whose work consists of portraits of young women currently a model named Nana. Painter is the third chapter of Tomie Part 2.
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