SIX YEAR OLD, KEIRON WILLIAMSON, STUNS ART WORLD

SIX YEAR OLD, HOLT, NORFOLK, YOUNGSTER KEIRON WILLIAMSON, WHO HAS TAKEN THE LOCAL ART SCENE BY STORM WITH HIS AMAZINGLY STUNNING WATERCOLORS OF THE PICTURESQUE NORFOLK COAST, WITH THEIR EVOCATIVE ATMOSPHERE AND UNDERSTATED BEAUTY. MOST SIX YEAR OLDS PAINT PAINT RAINBOW BRIGHT PICTURES OF BIG SUNS, LOLLIPOP SHAPED TREES AND MOON FACED PEOPLE WITH TINY BODIES. BUT KEIRON WILLIAMSON IS DIFFERENT AND HIS SUBTLE AND DETAILED LANDSCAPES, WHICH WOULD BE THE ENVY OF MANY ADULT ARTIST, HAS LEFT THE ART EXPERTS ASTONISHED. THIS WEEKEND, ON HIS SEVENTH BIRTHDAY, HIS WORK WILL GO ON SHOW AT A PROFESSIONAL GALLERY IN HIS HOME TOWN, WHILE EXPERTS RAVE ABOUT HIS ART SKILLS OF A BOY STILL AT PRIMARY SCHOOL. THEY SAY THE YOUNGSTER'S ATMOSPHERIC AND WELL COMPOSED PICTURES OF COASTAL AND RURAL SCENES HAVE PERSPECTIVE, SHADOWS AND REELECTIONS, AND SHOW TECHNIQUE BEYOND HIS TENDER YEARS. NORFOLK ARTIST AND AUTHOR BRYAN RYDER, WHO TAUGHT KIERON DURING A 12-WEEK WATERCOLOR COURSE, SAID: "I'VE NEVER MET ANYONE OF KIERON'S AGE WHO CAN DO WHAT HE HAS DONE."


ACCORDING TO HIS MOTHER MICHELLE, KIERON HAD NO INTEREST IN ART UNTIL A FAMILY HOLIDAY LAST MAY. UP UNTIL THEN HE HAD BEEN 'A TYPICAL BOY WHO GOES AT ABOUT 200 MILES AN HOUR' AND WHOSE IDEA OF FUN WAS PLAYING FOOTBALL OR RIDING HIS BICYCLE. HE STILL LOVES SPORTS AND PLAYING ON HIS X-BOX, BUT ART NOW TAKES PRIDE OF PLACE. ON HOLIDAY THE DEVON AND CORNWALL SCENERY INSPIRED HIM TO DRAW BOATS IN A CHILDREN'S SKETCHBOOK, AND WHEN HE GOT HOME THEY CAUGHT THE EYE OF FAMILY FRIEND CAROL ANN PENNINGTON, WHO RUNS A GALLERY AND IS AN ARTIST IN HER OWN RIGHT. AS DISPLAY OF KIERON'S WORK, WHICH INCLUDE SCENES AS CLEY WINDMILL AND MORSTON HARBOR, WILL BE LAUNCHED AT THE GALLERY ON SUNDAY. AND ANOTHER TOWN GALLERY PICTURECRAFT AHS ALSO RECOGNIZED HIS TALENT BY FRAMING HIS WORK AND IS PLANNING A WINTER SHOW OF ITS OWN. HE HAS BIG PLANS FOR THE FUTURE AND SAID HIS DREAM WOULD BE TO SEE HIS WORK ON SALE AT PRESTIGIOUS LONDON AUCTION HOUSE BONHAMS. AND KEIRON IS ALSO KEEN TO GET FEEDBACK ON HIS WORK FROM ONE PARTICULARLY FAMOUS FAMILY OF ART ENTHUSIASTS. "I'M GOING TO SEND ONE OF MY PICTURES TO RINCE CHARLES. I ALREADY SENT ONE TO THE QUEEN, BUT I HAVEN'T HAD A REPLY YET", HE SAID.