11 year old art prodigy

[Renfield]

Well come on, she's 11, and she's good at painting things. So what if she doesn't yet have a "message" - what message are you going to get from an 11-year-old? "I like strawberries"?

I don't think people are criticizing the girl so much as the people who are buying the paintings and the gullible press that is hyping these prodigies. There is nothing that extraordinary about the paintings really, though it is impressive that such young people are making them.