Previously published as Portrait of Passion in the Passionate Exhibitions anthology. Revised 2014 as The Art Lover Starving artist Kelsey Tecato takes being The Templeton Museum’s artist in residence a little too literally. By day, she puts on a show of painting for the crowds that shuffle through the galleries, but at night, her muse runs wild. Mitch Jameson is a guy’s guy. A cop moonlighting as a security guard, he has little use for the artsy-fartsy stuff, but the mysterious Ms. Tecato’s sexy portraits call to him. So does an interior alarm. When Officer Jameson goes to investigate, he finds a paint-splattered goddess working on a self-portrait—in the nude. A couple tubes of paint and a roll in the drop cloths later, free-spirited Kelsey helps Officer Jameson discover his passion for art.