So I (27f) started dating an artist (34m), I guess

My best friend introduced us and vouched for him. We met three times, he seems lovely, but very, very shy.

On these three occasions, we only met together (as in him, I and my best friend) and hung out, but on the first two occasions, my friend would leave after a couple of hours in order for us to have some privacy and talk. Last time we met, last Friday, after spending the evening in town, he proposed we go to his place. It was already quite late at night, so my best friend went to sleep in a different room and left the two of us together. We bonded over musicals, graphic novels and discussed a few more touch subjects (like things we talk about in therapy – yes, we both go to therapy) then he showed me a book of his sketches. I found one to be particularly impressive and he said he actually has prints of that particular piece and gave one to me. After swiftly browsing through the prints he had he said “And I’ll also give you this one, I think you’ll like it as well” and indeed, it was another fantastic one and I thanked him. Later that night, after talking some more, he left the room and returned with this handpainted ceramic tile, which is one of a kind and said “I thought about for a while, but I also want you to have this”. Again, it was a beautiful work…and very heavy. At the end of the night, more specifically at dawn, we started kissing. I told him i don’t to want to have sex that night and he was respectful about it. We just kept making out and then ended up with him only going down on me for like half an hour. We then went to sleep.

I was a bit unsure about him until Friday to be honest, but after genuinely knowing him a bit better, I can say I definitely feel a spark.

Yet: Him offering me these things he created both flatters and puzzles me. Has any one else received or offered gifts like these? and so randomly and early on? How do you guys regard this?