Portrait of Cleo — Joanna Mansell

'I'm not even going to begin to try to paint you until I find out what lies under all that sophisticated gloss.'

Cleo had taken time out from her successful modelling career to please her father by having her portrait painted. But acclaimed artist Maxim Brenner seemed determined not to make things easy for her.

He challenged the sophisticated and aloof persona Cleo had carefully built around herself over the years. He seemed to sense that it was all a facade, hiding fears from the past Cleo wanted no-one to see...