To be recognised as a great artist

Ever since I was 4 yrs of age I would love to draw. By the age of 8yrs old I was sketching people .Mum and Dad would pose for me and mum would laugh because how accurate the sketching was of them. Mum would show the sketches to friends but nobody believed mum they all thought mum did all the drawings. So mum had a great idea she video taped me sketching that way she had prove that I did the drawings.

Mum entered me in so may art competitions, my  art works were so good that the judges would look and be amazed but did not believe that I did them. I never won a prize. The paintings that won were splashed on while mine looked so real. My heart was broken and mum was in disbelieve . I thought of opening a gallery titled the rejected artist.  I have won medals and was featured in a book but always came second place so my dream is now to win first prize and to be recognised as a great artist.