"Look, Mum, he paints like me!" Eight-year-old Alexandra Nechita had just discovered Pablo Picasso's artwork for the first time. The art world 1 and began to call Alexandra the "Petite (小的) Picasso." This 2 artist has been turning heads in the art world ever since.
Even at age two, Alexandra spent nearly all her time on her coloring books. 3 that their daughter spent too much time alone, Alexandra's parents took her coloring books away. They 4 she'd start to jump rope or play with dolls. But taking away her colors was like taking the air out of her life. Alexandra began to color on paper which her mother 5 home from office.
When Alexandra was four, her parents began to notice the figures she 6 . They were abstract and looked like Picasso's work, with four eyes and two faces. She 7 painting with watercolors and then with other paints.
Alexandra's classmates would sometimes 8 her paintings. But her primary school teacher saw talent in her drawings. She helped eight-year-old Alexandra organise her first 9 at a local library.
Within a year, Alexandra had several other exhibitions. By then, she had 10 more than 250 paintings. Her exhibition at the famous Mary Paxon Gallery brought her to the 11 of national art critics (评论家). She began to appear on television, in news and talk shows around America.
Today Alexandra 12 paints in her special style. Admirers have spent a large amount of money buying her paintings. But the 13 doesn't seem to have affected her negatively (消极地). Through various charities, Alexandra shares her wealth with those 14 around the world. And as Alexandra continues to paint, the world will be blessed to experience more of her 15 for life and art.
