Autumn de Forest

Members of the art community and other media outlets, such as the Huffington Post and Forbes, have referred to de Forest as a prodigy.

Given scrap wood at her request, de Forest painted a design that her parents felt surpassed the average child’s artistic ability.

After this event, the Discovery Health Channel included de Forest in a television special about child geniuses.

"[12] In 2018, de Forest was featured in the music video for the song "Youth" by best-selling recording artists Shawn Mendes and Khalid.

The video calls out various exceptional young people, including de Forest, musicians Elias and Zion Phoenix, and drag queen Clawdeena.

De Forest cites as inspiration Andy Warhol, Georgia O'Keeffe, Pablo Picasso, Grant Wood, Jackson Pollock, Jasper Johns and Henri Matisse, contributing to her assortment of styles.

Autumn De Forest at auction of her work and other artists at The Henry Hotel, Dearborn, Mich