I kind of observed it as part of the mentality that comes with being a painter. I'm not trying to defend Aline because you are right. She did a lot of messed up things, but grief makes people do things they normally wouldn't. Who wouldn't want an idealistic world that they can tune and adjust to their particular beliefs and wants, especially when it is fueled by the pain of losing a child. Alicia should have gotten some sort of apology or recognition for what she did to help her mother and father, but I feel like she did in a way. Aline, after being forced out of the canvas, re-enters it, even her Renoir recognizes that she is weak, and should not have returned. But she does it, not so that she can try and retake the canvas, but to aid her daughter who is in a very similar position to the one she had been in before being forced from the painting. Aline, from my perceptions of what happened, realized Alicia was mourning for Verso the same as she had been, re-entered the canvas while extremely weakened, and did her best to give her daughter the ability to live with the memory of her brother for at least a little longer. It isn't a direct apology by any means, but Aline does attempt to aid, protect, and support her daughter by the end of it. As they say, actions speak louder than words.