It took only ten minutes and 50 seconds for every one of Kieron Williamson’s distinctive landscapes to be snapped up – earning the excited nine-year-old an impressive £106,260.Kieron at work.The boy known as Mini Monet beamed as buyers from around the world queued to be first in line when his watercolours, pastels and oils went on sale.
Artwork of Kieron Williamson :-
His last major exhibition of 33 paintings sold for £150,000 in 30 minutes in July last year and he sold two paintings for £21,000 each the following month.Kieron lived with his family in a rented flat next to a petrol station before using his earnings to buy a £150,000 home in the Norfolk Broads village of Ludham.
Buyers paid anything from £1,250 for his Norfolk sunset view to £15,595 for his impression of the Suleymaniye mosque in Istanbul.Kieron said he would celebrate his success with a Chinese takeaway for his parents Keith, 45, and Michelle, 38, and sister Billie-Jo, seven.
‘I still paint every day – but I like football as well,’ he said. ‘I think these paintings are my best yet.’
His father said: ‘I am amazed at how well his pictures have sold today. We are so grateful to everyone who has supported Kieron, especially in the current economic climate.
‘He is still a normal boy who loves his football.He goes to school every day in his shorts and comes home covered in mud.’
Adrian Hill, managing director of the Picturecraft gallery in Holt which organised the sale, said the speed of the purchases was remarkable.
‘When our doors opened it was pandemonium in here,’ he said ‘You see this continual maturity and evolution in Kieron’s paintings. His work is constantly improving and the more he paints, the more he understands his medium.’
His last major exhibition of 33 paintings sold for £150,000 in 30 minutes in July last year and he sold two paintings for £21,000 each the following month.Kieron lived with his family in a rented flat next to a petrol station before using his earnings to buy a £150,000 home in the Norfolk Broads village of Ludham.
Buyers paid anything from £1,250 for his Norfolk sunset view to £15,595 for his impression of the Suleymaniye mosque in Istanbul.Kieron said he would celebrate his success with a Chinese takeaway for his parents Keith, 45, and Michelle, 38, and sister Billie-Jo, seven.
‘I still paint every day – but I like football as well,’ he said. ‘I think these paintings are my best yet.’
His father said: ‘I am amazed at how well his pictures have sold today. We are so grateful to everyone who has supported Kieron, especially in the current economic climate.
‘He is still a normal boy who loves his football.He goes to school every day in his shorts and comes home covered in mud.’
Adrian Hill, managing director of the Picturecraft gallery in Holt which organised the sale, said the speed of the purchases was remarkable.
‘When our doors opened it was pandemonium in here,’ he said ‘You see this continual maturity and evolution in Kieron’s paintings. His work is constantly improving and the more he paints, the more he understands his medium.’
