A 10-year-old artist from Holt, Norfolk, a county in the East of England, about 206Km from London by road, has made an estimated £1.5 million (about 375 million Naira) from his paintings over five years!

According to the BBC, Kieron Williamson first became known aged seven when his first exhibition sold out within minutes for £150,000.

He does oil paintings of landscapes, which started when he asked his parents for a drawing pad while on a family holiday to the Cornish coast in 2008.
Kieron’s even been nicknamed “mini Monet” – after the famous French artist Claude Monet.

When asked how he spends his money, he said he was going to treat his family to a Chinese meal!

Kieron’s latest exhibition includes a portrait of his “mysterious” granddad.
He said of his granddad: “He holds lots of secrets, he’s quite mysterious. He started to cry when he saw the picture.

“I painted it from a photograph mum took. I was looking through, trying to find something to paint and I found that and was inspired. Mum didn’t even know I was painting it.”

Meanwhile, the young artist says he prefers to concentrate on his football.

Kieron’s parents are now going to home-school him so he is able to concentrate on his art.



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I had a classmate in primary school who used to duplicate comic books by drawing the characters out on his drawing book and they came out real good, the expressions, backgrounds, etc. He did it for fun and was always with his drawing materials when he wasn't engaged with schoolwork.
All he got were students' and teachers' exclamations and envy, and him taking the chalk to draw on the board when my teacher had to draw on the board.

In summary, dis only happens in the western world!

Hmm

sweet-tease:
I had a classmate in primary school who used to duplicate comic books by drawing the characters out on his drawing book and they came out real good, the expressions, backgrounds, etc. He did it for fun and was always with his drawing materials when he wasn't engaged with schoolwork.
All he got were students' and teachers' exclamations and envy, and him taking the chalk to draw on the board when my teacher had to draw on the board.

In summary, dis only happens in the western world!

Well done, sweet-tease. My point precisely! It could only happen in the Western World where children are appreciated and encouraged to develop their talents.

Wow that great, but too bad Nigeria dont appreciate visual art like the white does. Am looking forward for my art works to be put on exhibition because I have lot of passion for drawings, especially portrait drawings

I pray make dis kain success dey happen for naija, e go too swell my head.

Actually, visual art is growing in Nigeria. I know a painter who sell for N150,000 per painting and his works are in so much demand, he barely has time for exhibitions. I know another painter (Nigerian) as well, whose paintings go for N2 million at auction, even Ghanaian painters (one sold for $30,000 last year) and Beninese sculptors exhibiting in the UK. Sadly, most of the painters lamenting are street artists or self-taught artists, who can draw decently, but lack so many fundamental skills and cannot create quality work someone wants to own and pay hundreds of thousands for. I felt I was a good painter, but now I'm learning at a studio, I can see the difference. For every 200 untrained artists, only 2 will become great, there are several kids painting in the UK, this boy's selling.

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gud 4 him..i'll also b makin an estimated amount of #10m 4rm my YAHOO+....at least we gat d same money...dont cum nd rub me o...FP plz

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