Gripping paintbrush and crayon, the artist known as Thumbelina splodges and splats with merry abandon, the one-year-old star of a Tokyo exhibition that goes on way past her bedtime.

Gripping paintbrush and crayon, the artist known as Thumbelina splodges and splats with merry abandon, the one-year-old star ...

Gripping paintbrush and crayon, the artist known as Thumbelina splodges and splats with merry abandon, the one-year-old star ...

A toddler’s solo art show lights up Tokyo’s nightlife, even though she’s asleep before her first guests arrive.

‘Why, she is no bigger than the tip of my thumb. I will call her Thumbelina.’ Thumbelina was very contented. At night she slept under a rose petal in a polished walnut shell. By day she rowed ...

This retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen classic fairy tale has the digit-sized heroine evading the clutches of various toads, moles, and beetles before she can proceed with her courtship ...

A drawing (L) on the side of a sliding screen door at the home of 21-month-old artist "Thumbelina" (back R) during an interview at the family's home in Tokyo ...

Gripping paintbrush and crayon, the artist known as Thumbelina splodges and splats with merry abandon, the one-year-old star of a Tokyo exhibition that goes on way past her bedtime. Abstract paintings ...