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According to her parents, Marla Olmstead began painting just before her second birthday in early 2002 when her father, Mark, gave her paint to divert her from distracting him from his own painting. Mark painted for a very brief period after his father died, and makes no claims of being an artist of any variety. Eventually, her work was on display at a local coffee shop. Soon after a customer bought one of the paintings for $253, a local gallery owner was shown one of her works and eventually organized a show at his gallery. From that point forward, Olmstead's paintings began to sell frequently

The popularity of her work took off after her first gallery showing, with many of the paintings selling for tens of thousands of US dollars.

To many art critics, what is most impressive about her is the ability to paint in layers and to fill the canvas, instead of painting in one layer and leaving most of the canvas blank, like other four-year olds. The skill demonstrated in the paintings has prompted critics and media to draw comparisons to abstract artists Wassily Kandinsky and Jackson Pollock. Marla has attracted media attention from The New York Times, Time magazine, CBS News, and BBC News.

I saw the documentary on her. There is some controversy on her whether her father actually finished her work for her Or guided her with colors and images. The accusers were quite rude and destroyed her credibility. Some people were disappointed when they purchased her work for 10 - 20 thousand dollars as collector items. I hope she does keep painting and becomes famous regardless of the critics. I think a four-year-old is a little too young to be slandered. She has a website.

Yea, I looked at it myself, and I agree those who accuse are just wrong ... after they filmed her making the art work and she did it all by herself.

Regardless if she did it all by herself or not. She will do it all by herself in the future, if she keep at it. If she continues those who bought her work will have something.

I agree about that.