Darren Alff

Yesterday I watched a documentary titled, “My Kid Could Paint That” about a 4-year old girl named Marla Olmstead who creates incredible abstract paintings that have sold for as much as $25,000 (maybe more!?).

In the film, you see this very young girl become swept up in International art fame and then with one foul swoop, lose it all. After a 60 Minutes expose, the claim is made that Marla is not the sole creator of her work – but that her dad is either entirely creating or at least helping to complete Marla’s finished works. I don’t want to say what happens in the end, because I want you to go out and watch the film, but I found the whole thing to be terribly fascinating.

After finishing the movie, I thought I would pick up some paint myself and see if I could create a piece of work that was as impressive as Marla’s.

Here are two examples of Marla’s work:

And now here is the painting I made last night.

What do you think? Who is the better painter? Is there any difference between Marla Olmstead’s work and my own?

Personally, I think she’s got me beat! But what do you think?

If you’d like to watch “My Kid Could Paint That” right now, you can get a digital copy of the film by clicking here. Or get the DVD here.