Turns out Nechita was yet another abstract art “prodigy.” In 1996, when she was 10, the Los Angeles Times published a feature story about her beneath the headline “Alexandra the Great.” ...

'Be in your body, not your mind': Abstract painter supports kids' mental health through art Pencil strokes on white paper. A splatter of paint. Random dots on a canvas.

This suggests that not only does professional abstract art have qualities that sets it apart from superficially similar work, but that even young children see a difference between what they prefer ...