Bella is a 9 year old girl adopted from Korea. She lives with her family traveling on the road with her film maker father J.Michael Muro, mother Tamara, brother Noah and brother Dillon. Bella sees the world with a lot of detail. She is always pointing detail out to me everywhere we go. She carries paper and pencil everywhere she goes.

At age 2 1/2 Bella started a few days of perschool. After the first week her teacher brought me to a wall where the childrens art was displaced. She pointed out that Bella's drawings where much more advanced. By age 3 Bella could write evenyone in the families names. In kindergarden she won best artist at graduation. In first grade she sketched a drawing of Cleopatra that I could not believe. It was so amazing that I just started crying. I took it to her grandpa Jim and he did not believe it either. We took her to Emily Carr an art school in Vancouver and was told after two hours that she was a child prodigy. She sketched about 20 pictures with a one on one art class for about 13 lessons. This was March of 06'. She was then 7 years old. She is now 9 and started painting in New Orleans with an art teacher who lives and works in New Orleans. Before her first lesson was over she sold her painting. within 3 weeks she had been asked to paint 45 paintings all starting at $900.00 and going up.
Bella loves animals. We have 4 dogs. When we were in Paris I saw a painting of a dog on a chair. I asked Bella to paint me a dog on a chair someday. So when she took her first lesson that's what she painted. Now she has painted many dogs on chairs. Big dogs, small dogs, even a cat. But one of my favorites is a pig flying in Paris.
Bella will have her first art show in New Orleans at "Perch" on Magazine st. www.perch-home.com
Everyone at "Perch" loves Bella Rose. They want to celebrate her talent. Bella Rose has a big place in her heart for the people of Perch. I would say they are now like family to her. She will never forget them or her time painting in Ashley's studio (Bella's art teacher). www.ashleylongshore.com.
Some say Bella is a child prodigy. I say she is amazing that's for sure.
Bella has a heart of gold. She is a little mother wanting to care for everyone. Her paintings I've been told have her sweetness in them. For example the eyes in the pups show her heart. I see that when I look at them.
Bella will continue to travel and learn different mediums from different teachers. We are all learning from her and are in awe by her talent.

Bella's Mom
Tamara