RE: A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS/ THE PRIZE/ EL PREMIO (English-spanish)

Hello @beaescribe. What a lovely story of dedication and finding your own path in life. Her mother's inspiration was a part of her success. Something she never forgot.

Thanks for sharing this thoughtful story. If you don't mind, I'd like to suggest an alternate translator that may sort out the gender in your story instead of switching it to a male character; example:

"When [he] grew up [his] mother still gave [him] the paintings, [his] father was not happy with [his] decision to leave formal education and choose to enroll in the painting academy."

Perhaps using DeepL may help.

Take care.