Never has the low budget of the MONSTERS TV show been as evident as in this episode from 1989. PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST, which is the second episode of the second season of the show, sees the late, great Darren McGavin (KOLCHAK THE NIGHT STALKER) playing the sinister proprietor of an art gallery who meets up with a couple of visitors who have some questions regarding the strange paintings hanging up in the gallery.
This one has a mildly spooky mystery narrative but it's let down by the poor production values, like most of the MONSTERS episodes I've sat through. McGavin is by far the best thing in it and seems to be having a ball with his villainous turn, but the other cast members are weak and the story as a whole just doesn't make much sense.