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| Kieron Williamson: 'Mini-Monet' boosts earnings to £2m | Kieron Williamson: 'Mini-Monet' boosts earnings to £2m |
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| A 10-year-old landscape artist from Norfolk, dubbed the "mini-Monet", has boosted the earnings from sales of his work to almost £2m. | A 10-year-old landscape artist from Norfolk, dubbed the "mini-Monet", has boosted the earnings from sales of his work to almost £2m. |
| Kieron Williamson, from Ludham, whose latest exhibition opened in Holt on Friday, has sold more than 30 pieces from the show for nearly £450,000. | Kieron Williamson, from Ludham, whose latest exhibition opened in Holt on Friday, has sold more than 30 pieces from the show for nearly £450,000. |
| The first 23 pieces released to buyers sold for £242,095 in less than 20 minutes. | The first 23 pieces released to buyers sold for £242,095 in less than 20 minutes. |
| A gallery spokesman said Williamson's "raw talent" was "unrivalled". | A gallery spokesman said Williamson's "raw talent" was "unrivalled". |
| Kieron started painting aged five when he asked his parents to buy him a drawing pad while on holiday in Cornwall. | Kieron started painting aged five when he asked his parents to buy him a drawing pad while on holiday in Cornwall. |
| Presenting his work publicly for the first time in 2010, when just seven years old, the exhibition sold out within minutes for £150,000. | |
| 'Famous painters' | 'Famous painters' |
| Nicknamed after the French Impressionist Claude Monet, Kieron's work is now highly sought after by collectors around the world with some pieces held in the Royal Collection. | Nicknamed after the French Impressionist Claude Monet, Kieron's work is now highly sought after by collectors around the world with some pieces held in the Royal Collection. |
| Adrian Hill, from the Picturecraft Gallery, said the paintings were "impressionist without being abstract" creating "a natural balance to his work". | Adrian Hill, from the Picturecraft Gallery, said the paintings were "impressionist without being abstract" creating "a natural balance to his work". |
| Mr Hill said Kieron was following in the footsteps of the great painters like Picasso and Giotto. | Mr Hill said Kieron was following in the footsteps of the great painters like Picasso and Giotto. |
| "Picasso was nine years old when he had his first exhibition, Giotto was discovered by a merchant when he was 11 years old drawing in the mud and went on to become one of the most famous Renaissance painters of all time. | "Picasso was nine years old when he had his first exhibition, Giotto was discovered by a merchant when he was 11 years old drawing in the mud and went on to become one of the most famous Renaissance painters of all time. |
| "These guys had a raw natural talent, they could mix colour, they had an ability to draw perspective and proportion - Kieron just has this ability to put those things together in a very natural way." | "These guys had a raw natural talent, they could mix colour, they had an ability to draw perspective and proportion - Kieron just has this ability to put those things together in a very natural way." |
| Michelle Williamson, Kieron's mother, said for the first time she had seen collectors explore the young artist's "investment potential". | Michelle Williamson, Kieron's mother, said for the first time she had seen collectors explore the young artist's "investment potential". |
| "He's unrivalled by any other 10-year-old artist in the world and the support for him is overwhelming," she said. | "He's unrivalled by any other 10-year-old artist in the world and the support for him is overwhelming," she said. |
| "Before people would have been happy with just once example of his work, now it seems collectors are buying a number of his pieces at a time because of their investment potential." | "Before people would have been happy with just once example of his work, now it seems collectors are buying a number of his pieces at a time because of their investment potential." |