Catching up with the child artist from Norfolk dubbed 'Mini Monet' ten years on

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Do you remember the child artist from Norfolk dubbed 'Mini Monet', whose paintings sold for thousands of pounds when he was just seven? Well, he's just about to turn eighteen and at over six feet tall Kieron Williamson's not so mini anymore.

ITV News Anglia's Natalie Gray was one of the first reporters to cover his story back in 2009, and she's been to catch up with him again.

Kieron was known all over the world as Mini Monet. Art critics hailed the pint-sized painter as a child prodigy. Ten years later and he still paints every day and has a hugely successful career as an artist.

Kieron is still painting at the age of seventeen Credit: ITV News Anglia

It was while on holiday in Cornwall that he got painting.

Kieron painting as a young boy Credit: ITV News Anglia
Ten years ago our reporter Natalie Gray joined the family in Cornwall Credit: ITV News Anglia

When he was just seven, all sixteen of his paintings sold within fourteen minutes for £17,000!

Kieron at the age of seven sitting with his paintings Credit: ITV News Anglia

Kieron's made a formidable fortune since then and divides his time between homes in Norfolk and the North Cornish coast.

He has a girlfriend, Elsie, and is learning to drive.

Kieron with his girlfriend Elsie Credit: ITV News Anglia

Kieron has sixty pieces in his latest exhibition at The Gallery in Holt, Norfolk. Ten years on, his work has matured and is just as collectable.

Mini Monet has certainly grown up, but he's continuing to make a huge impact in the world of art.