Rothko was the quintessential East European, post-modern, avant garde, socialist/anarchist/revolutionary, atheistic Jew and abstract impressionist artist of his time
He probably would have approved, or at least, understood what the kid did.
Rothko is obviously not to everyone's taste. However, there is an exceptional Rothko collection at the Phillips in Washington D.C., including
The Rothko Room. If you sit there quietly absorbing what you see without judgment, you will feel a complex set of conflicting and supporting emotions, conveyed only by color and the simplest of abstract forms.