A boy of seven has been hailed a genius after selling his paintings for £17,000 in just 14 minutes.
Buyers from as far afield as Japan and Canada paid more than £1,000 each to buy one of Kieron Williamson’s 16 watercolours, oils and pastels of Norfolk landscapes.
It follows a sealed bid auction of his work this summer, when 19 of his paintings were sold for £14,000.
Adrian Hill, who runs the Picturecraft gallery in Kieron’s home town of Holt, where the sale took place, said: ‘He is red-hot. The last child artist in this bracket was Picasso.’
Kieron, whose 44-year-old father Keith is an art dealer, said: ‘It’s excellent. I was only expecting one or two to sell. Painting is my favourite hobby – but I like football as well.’
Until last year he showed no particular interest or ability in art, but he was inspired to take up pencil and paintbrush by a holiday in Devon and Cornwall. It proved a revelation.
A family friend, artist Carol Ann Pennington, spotted his talent and offered to give him lessons.

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