I'd like to point out that there's a Lovecraft tale called Pickman's Model that may be the inspiration here. The tl;dr is, ostracized artist seems to have entered a Faustian bargain (willingly or not) with some sort of demon; has the ability to paint anomalous moving paintings, but has to occasionally literally fight his demons with a gun.
My guess is she got in contact with dark powers to get her magic abilities, and now can't escape the deal. Sort of like Geist.
I think Pickman's Model was less entering a faustian bargain, and more the dude just had a well in his basement that opened to a hidden society of ghouls, which he would occasionally have to fucking shoot when they tried to eat him. He took their photos and painted them later.
It even got a callback in Dreamquest of Unknown Kadath, Pickman re-appears as a ghoul.
You've got to be careful reading too much into Lovecraft. He had a story where a man was paranoid because his family was cursed to die at a specific age by an mystic alchemist long ago, and it turns out the immortal alchemist was just breaking into his ancestors homes and fucking stabbing them.
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u/not_a_rake1234 14d ago
Her poster auving her turn into a monster is a hint imo, could a be tank in disguise