This story made me feel really old. Not because the graffiti artist wowing London art critics is only ten (OK, that's part of it).
I feel old because I got that stern mommy frown until I saw the spots where the British tween is spray-painting on streets are all perfectly legal.
Drawing comparisons to Banksy, the world's most famous - and anonymous - graffiti artist, Solveig sat for photos and a quick interview with the London Daily Telegraph. The resulting picture gallery is amazing - the only sign this might be a little girl's work are the markings at the edge of each piece denoting "Sol's" age when she painted them. Like the best graffiti artists, she's mastered huge canvasses (if you've never tried painting, trust me, bigger is not always better - it's just harder), and she's not afraid to use bold colors and tell a story.
Besides her artistic talents, the little girl has a precocious sense of humor - beside a giant rendering of breakfast, featuring the letters S-O-L as eggs, bacon and toast, she scrawled "bite me." Shocked? She was nine when she made that piece. Nine.
Who else is feeling old?
Image: Telegraph - click here for more pictures from them, here for pictures from Solveig herself
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