rt is a talent that has no age limits and as long as one has creativity and a unique eye for conceptualization, regardless of how old you are, you would always be appreciated. As is in the case of Kieron Williamson, an eight year old boy, who has now been coined as the ‘Mini Monet’ for his incredible paintings and is said to be one of the most collectible artists of the modern age. This uniquely talented kid came into the spotlight last week, when 33 of his paintings were sold for an incredible $237,000 in under half an hour. A resident of Holt, Norfolk, Kieron had put up his paintings up for sale at the Picturecraft gallery and the sale immediately started pulling in interest from avid art collectors, who paid between $2,883 and $12,634 for the paintings put up for sale by the Mini Monet. The assortment of attendees for this incredible sale consisted of collectors from Arizona, New York and South Africa. These art collectors have known to camp outside the gallery for 48 hours, so as not to miss any of the sale items. Kieron picked up painting as a hobby in May 2008, while vacationing with his family in Devon and Cornwall. According to Kieron’s father, Keith Williamson, “We went to the Eden Project and gave his little sister some felt-tips. Kieron asked for a pad to do some drawing and coloring, so we bought him one to give him something to do. That evening, we went to look at a harbor. Kieron got up in the morning and did this amazing picture of it from memory.”
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