“Kieron Williamson is the kind of child prodigy who makes us marvel at the miracle that is human creativity. In the week that an exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci’s works opened in Britain, here’s a homegrown example of the kind of gift that made Leonardo’s 16th-century biographer Vasari call him a “truly celestial”. Williamson’s paintings are triumphs of observation, skill and imagination. For a child of nine to paint such sensitive and accomplished landscapes is an awe-inspiring achievement. He displays not just a stunning mastery of drawing and painting but an emotional maturity, which is still more staggering.”

This is the Guardian’s expert view on the work of Kieron Williamson the 9 year old prodigy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Two years ago, when I first met Kieron, he was a sweetly monosyllabic seven-year-old whose unusually proficient pastels and acrylics of the countryside around his Norfolk home had attracted praise and a waiting list of 680 buyers. Now there is a waiting list of 6,000, as Americans, Chinese and Germans clamour for a Kieron original. Paintings he sold for £2,000 have been resold for £10,000. His fifth exhibition opened yesterday at his local gallery in Holt and sold out in 10-and-a-half minutes, one painting fetching £15,595.”

The top picture shows Kieron sitting on the fence outside the house he bought for his family with the money he earned from selling his paintings.

“Boat at Half Way House” (left) See more paintings HERE

Read the full article in The Guardian by Patrick Barkham