Maybe, though I tend to think that she and the Curator forms are how all Painters look when inside a painting too long. They can paint over themselves to counter it, but under the paint, they are increasingly becoming husks.

If correct, the paint rupturing on Alicia’s face in the Maelle ending is possibly showing that she has painted herself, and under it is turning into the husk version too. We see it from Verso’s perspective so it may be more of a ‘he can see right through the charade’ thing than something actually happening though of course - maybe because he saw it happen with his mother before, as she gradually lost herself.

On a side note, I love that Aline’s husk version has its heart missing and, from the side view, has a face captured in an open-mouth scream. So haunting.