His paintings fetch thousands and attract buyers from all over the world.
But while his watercolours, pastels and oil paintings hint at a talent honed through decades of practice Kieron Williamson is barely half-way through primary school.
The seven-year-old prodigy sold his latest collection of paintings for £150,000 at the weekend, with all 33 works sold within just half-an-hour.
The astonishing sale attracted buyers from as far as Arizona, New York and South Africa, with others bidding by telephone from around the world in the hope of securing an original.
One couple from Philadelphia camped for two days outside the gallery in Kieron’s home town of Holt, Norfolk, to make sure they did not miss out when the third exhibition of his work opened on Friday morning.
The pictures included an oil painting of Norwich Cathedral, a pastel of ducks on a marsh and a watercolour of fishermen unloading their catch.
Many of his paintings feature Norfolk landscapes or coastal scenes.
But the latest exhibition also included views of City Temple in Holborn, central London, and even a painting of Hong Kong.
The biggest sellers were a 20in by 30in oil painting called Sunrise at Morston, which sold for £7.995, and a 19in by 25in pastel called Marsh at Sunset, which fetched £6,750.
Kieron, who also has a sister, Billy-Jo, six, grew up surrounded by paintings in the family’s small flat. His father, a former electrician, collected art as a hobby until three years ago, when a serious accident forced him to stop work and turn his hobby into an occupation.
Mrs Williamson, a nutritionist, has said she believes the family’s home, with ‘no garden or outside space’ may helped drive Kieron to ‘create his own scenery’ through his art.
He now paints up to six paintings a week and up to 700 people have registered on a waiting list for an original.
Mr and Mrs Williamson plan to buy Kieron a house with his earnings and invest the rest for him until he is aged 25.
He has also splashed out some of his money on two paintings by Norfolk landscape artist Edward Seago who died in 1974.
Mr Williamson said: ‘We were shocked that all the paintings sold so quickly.
‘Kieron is really pleased that it went so well. He loves his painting, but is also a normal lad who is passionate about football.’ (Daily Mail)
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