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发帖数: 1822 | 1 By Nadine Bells | Good News – Mon, 7 Nov, 2011
At an age when most of his peers are just starting to figure out
proportion and perspective in art class, Kieron Williamson, 9, has been
painting professionally for years.
Dubbed a 'Mini Monet,' the renowned landscape artist just purchased
his family a ￡150,000 ($245,000 CAD) home in Ludham, England, from his
earnings. (The home, a former 19th century bank, will remain in trust until
his 18th birthday.)
Kieron's last major exhibition saw 33 of his paintings sold within a
half hour — for ￡150,000. His latest 12 paintings will go on sale this
week at Norfolk's Picturecraft Gallery. With buyers already promising to
camp overnight outside the gallery, the prodigy's exhibit is expected to
sell out instantly.
"It's lovely to see a nine-year-old boy keeping traditional
landscape painting alive," Kieron's mother, Michelle, told The BBC.
"The new paintings reflect Kieron's continuing passion for capturing Norfolk
landscapes, as well as dipping his toes into foreign waters. We see massive
progress in Kieron's work every three months or so and so you can't help
but celebrate and share this progress with family, friends and the public."
"He is unrivaled. There isn't any other child out there who can
paint as well in three different media — watercolour, oil and pastel. His
grasp of the technical elements really is a wonderful thing," gallery owner
Adrian Hall said.
Kieron's family is trying to keep the young artist's life as normal
as possible, rejecting interviews from international media outlines, and
investing in the boy's other interests, too, like football.
"He already has his own house so if he decides he wants to do
something completely different when he is older, at least he won't have to
worry about a mortgage," Kieron's father, Keith, said. |
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