The name of the artist of the evil paintings is Dorian Wilde. Of course, Oscar Wilde was the author of the 1891 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray in which a man sells his soul so only his portrait, not he, will age.
Sarah French, who plays Heidi, said she doesn't usually perform fully nude in films but she agreed to do it for this film because she really wanted to work with director Rolfe Kanefsky.