0:00:08 > 0:00:09- MUM ON VIDEO:- Oh, dear!
0:00:11 > 0:00:12You can skate more...
0:00:12 > 0:00:14He's a Leo. He's king of his own castle.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17Even from a toddler, he'd arrive at the side of the bed
0:00:17 > 0:00:20and you would know by what he was wearing, you know, as to what
0:00:20 > 0:00:23your day was going to be like, because he'd either be
0:00:23 > 0:00:25in football kit and have a ball tucked under his arm,
0:00:25 > 0:00:28and you'd then have to get up and get him out for air and exercise,
0:00:28 > 0:00:30or, you know, it would be something else.
0:00:35 > 0:00:40This is three-year-old Kieron Williamson, already determined and
0:00:40 > 0:00:43on the verge of becoming a world-famous child prodigy
0:00:44 > 0:00:46That's brilliant, sweetheart.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Come have a look at it.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51The dinosaurs are going to love being in there, aren't they?
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Can I have a look, please?
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Painting is his life.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11At just six years old, he was thrust into the media spotlight,
0:01:11 > 0:01:15with buyers worldwide prepared to pay thousands for his work.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22At 14, he's already worth around £2 million.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26His success is no accident.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Behind this talent is an extraordinary family.
0:01:30 > 0:01:31Where's the caviar, Mother?
0:01:33 > 0:01:34Don't we normally have champagne?
0:01:34 > 0:01:36LAUGHTER
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Meet team Williamson, at their home in North Norfolk.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41This is where it all happens.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44I'm Kieron. I'm an artist.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48I play football and I am a proud supporter of Leeds United.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51I'm Billie-Jo. I'm 12 years old and I'm Kieron's sister
0:01:51 > 0:01:53and I love making jewellery.
0:01:53 > 0:01:54I'm Keith.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Husband to Michelle and father to Kieron and Billie-Jo.
0:02:00 > 0:02:05My main jobs within the company are to get Kieron up and out painting
0:02:05 > 0:02:08in the morning and sherpa-ing his stuff around.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10And also to buy and sell artwork.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14I'm Michelle. I'm mum to Kieron and Billie-Jo and I help
0:02:14 > 0:02:15to run the family business.
0:02:17 > 0:02:2114-year-old Kieron is preparing for his biggest event of the year -
0:02:21 > 0:02:24his annual exhibition at the Picturecraft Gallery
0:02:24 > 0:02:25in Holt, Norfolk.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30In five weeks, he'll be exhibiting new landscape paintings
0:02:30 > 0:02:34and a brand-new venture, large studio portraits.
0:02:34 > 0:02:35The whole family is involved.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41We're such a tight network, aren't we, as a four?
0:02:41 > 0:02:45When you think that we're all at home pretty much all day, every day,
0:02:45 > 0:02:47erm, we get on really well.
0:02:47 > 0:02:52And you have to, because all of our stress comes all at the same time,
0:02:52 > 0:02:54for everybody.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57There isn't an anchor during this time, to be honest.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02Michelle and Keith have no business experience.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04They've had to learn everything from scratch.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10It was 2010 that was the year it all
0:03:10 > 0:03:14got stressful for us, because Kieron had reached the VAT threshold,
0:03:14 > 0:03:18so we were forced to put a business structure in place.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21And so we sought legal and financial advice.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Neither of us particularly wanted to be in a position where we were
0:03:24 > 0:03:25running a limited company.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28We didn't know anything about it. We didn't want to be directors, did we?
0:03:28 > 0:03:31The whole implications of, you know,
0:03:31 > 0:03:33was Kieron going to be allowed to be a director?
0:03:33 > 0:03:36No, he couldn't, because he wasn't legally old enough.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42And who do you get in to run a business like this?
0:03:42 > 0:03:43You know, who do you trust?
0:03:43 > 0:03:47So, we realised that, you know,
0:03:47 > 0:03:51we would probably be the best guardians for the business
0:03:51 > 0:03:53and for Kieron.
0:03:56 > 0:03:57It's all year round, really.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00I mean, there's Keith getting up at three or four o'clock in the morning
0:04:00 > 0:04:03to take Kieron on location.
0:04:03 > 0:04:04But pre-exhibition is...
0:04:06 > 0:04:09- A busy time. A stressful time. - Yeah, it is a busy, stressful time,
0:04:09 > 0:04:11because there's just so much to remember.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16Is this going to be his tenth exhibition with Picturecraft?
0:04:16 > 0:04:17It is becoming easier.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19You know, we feel as if we're growing into it.
0:04:21 > 0:04:22Keith and I haven't trained to do this.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24It's not our expertise at all,
0:04:24 > 0:04:25so you do feel as if you're...
0:04:27 > 0:04:28..swimming upriver.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33With Mum and Dad running his financial affairs,
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Kieron is free to paint most days.
0:04:36 > 0:04:37It's early June.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42Today, he's on the North Norfolk coast starting a new painting
0:04:42 > 0:04:44which might feature in his exhibition.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53I reckon it needs to be about here.
0:04:54 > 0:04:55Not a lot further left.
0:04:55 > 0:04:56No.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59I think it's...cos you want to get this big vessel in on the...
0:04:59 > 0:05:00That boat, there.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04- ..cos that's the foreground feature, which could take a figure, couldn't it?- It could, yeah.
0:05:04 > 0:05:09And then the whole thing winding, er, lining through to the church.
0:05:09 > 0:05:14It's a classic North Norfolk estuary shot this, isn't it?
0:05:14 > 0:05:17- I mean, I don't think you could get more classic than that, really.- No.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24Kieron's had no formal training, but artist David Curtis
0:05:24 > 0:05:27often accompanies him on his painting trips.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29He's become a friend and mentor.
0:05:39 > 0:05:40It's just the buzz of it.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44Getting up in the morning and finding inspiration still.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47I don't think I'll ever run out of inspiration.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49You just see things all the time, and you think,
0:05:49 > 0:05:51"That will make a nice picture."
0:05:51 > 0:05:54And it's the constant inspiration,
0:05:54 > 0:05:57I think, that keeps me going.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59You do lose yourself in periods of painting.
0:05:59 > 0:06:04You're so engrossed in the picture and focusing on what you're doing,
0:06:04 > 0:06:07making sure everything you're doing is right.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11So I don't, I hardly ever think about where it's going to go or
0:06:11 > 0:06:14where it's going to sell or anything like that.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16It's sort of all about the moment in time.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21He's chosen Morston Quay on the North Norfolk coast.
0:06:22 > 0:06:23On a grey day...
0:06:24 > 0:06:26..it's still nice.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29It's got enough content in it, in the landscape,
0:06:29 > 0:06:33to make a painting.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36But, equally, it's lovely on a bright, sunny day.
0:06:37 > 0:06:43The light on the mud, it just has everything you want as an artist.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45It has the estuary,
0:06:45 > 0:06:47the boats, the sky.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49It's got everything.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52The distinction between the...
0:06:57 > 0:07:02..the estuary bank and the actual...
0:07:03 > 0:07:07- ..shaping is very subtle, isn't it? - Mm-hm.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11Some art critics have said that he already paints like an Old Master.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15David, who has had a similar journey from a young painter to a
0:07:15 > 0:07:19well-respected artist, is well placed to help Kieron
0:07:19 > 0:07:21through this critical period.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Kieron's probably one or two of a generation.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28There'll be a few in each generation.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32And there probably are many people who have got the aptitude,
0:07:32 > 0:07:36but whether they grasp the nettle and actually do anything about it
0:07:36 > 0:07:38is another issue.
0:07:38 > 0:07:39Now, he has.
0:07:39 > 0:07:44He's seen the light very early in his years and suddenly realised,
0:07:44 > 0:07:46"I can do this and I'm going to develop it."
0:07:46 > 0:07:47Probably subconsciously.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52The mini Monet, the little kid,
0:07:52 > 0:07:55is now bordering on an adult,
0:07:55 > 0:07:59so he's going to have to mix with his peers,
0:07:59 > 0:08:03and so his work won't be seen quite as unique.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05I mean, you could call it the bubble bursting.
0:08:06 > 0:08:11But because he's got all his foundations so well in place,
0:08:11 > 0:08:17and his technique is so assured, as he moves forward into adulthood,
0:08:17 > 0:08:20his painting will take on a maturity.
0:08:20 > 0:08:25And it won't be big leaps of progress, it'll be steady away and,
0:08:25 > 0:08:32eventually, he'll reach his plateau, where, intellectually, he may change
0:08:32 > 0:08:34his ideas, but let's wait and see.
0:08:37 > 0:08:38- Hey.- Nice to meet you.
0:08:38 > 0:08:39I'm Thomas from Berlin, hello.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41Hello, there, nice to see you.
0:08:41 > 0:08:42Thomas from Berlin.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45I must tell you something.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49Last year, in September, I was the first time in Great Britain.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53My son lives in Norwich and I saw the dragons in the forest.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56- Oh, yeah, yeah?- And I said - yours.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58And I said, "Wow!"
0:08:58 > 0:08:59Thank you.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01I cannot believe this!
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Until now, when I came back...
0:09:03 > 0:09:07Kieron's been spotted by a tourist from Germany who has seen his work.
0:09:07 > 0:09:13And I wish you good luck and always good hands and wonderful eyes...
0:09:13 > 0:09:14Thank you very much.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16- ..to see this art.- Thank you.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18It's better to love what you do.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Yeah. Nice to meet you. Thank you very much.
0:09:21 > 0:09:22Bye-bye.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Kieron takes all the attention in his stride.
0:09:25 > 0:09:26That's lovely.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29When Kieron first hit the headlines, you didn't know when it was
0:09:29 > 0:09:32ever going to start, stop, finish or anything.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34And when someone phoned up to say, "Can we film with Kieron?",
0:09:34 > 0:09:37you just used to say yeah, cos you just wanted to get him out
0:09:37 > 0:09:40on film, cos that's part of his history.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42But we thought it was a one-minute wonder, so...
0:09:42 > 0:09:43Yeah, so we done everything we asked.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46..we'd think we were just saying yes to one project, but...
0:09:46 > 0:09:48And now, obviously, I mean, we're getting loads of requests,
0:09:48 > 0:09:51but 90% of them, we just haven't got the time to do it, anyway.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57It's nice to work with people you know and friendly faces, isn't it?
0:09:57 > 0:09:58- That's what we like.- Yeah.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01But, bizarrely, Samsung have wanted Kieron to stand on top of a mountain
0:10:01 > 0:10:05in Spain to hold one of their gizmos for an advert.
0:10:07 > 0:10:12GAP clothing wanted him to travel to Los Angeles to model their clothing.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Scientists have wanted to place electrodes on his head
0:10:15 > 0:10:20when he's been painting, so that they can assess his brain activity
0:10:20 > 0:10:22when he's been drawing and painting.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28They've wanted to study him drawing still life...
0:10:30 > 0:10:36..things to see how he's different from other artists.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40Astrologers have been in touch with us, wanting to know the exact time
0:10:40 > 0:10:42of his birth so that they can work out what the planets
0:10:42 > 0:10:43were doing at the time.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47Erm, just to understand where he gets it from,
0:10:47 > 0:10:49because, clearly, he doesn't get it from us!
0:10:49 > 0:10:52- INTERVIEWER: Did you say, yes to any of that?- No, we didn't.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54- No, we didn't.- But, Samsung and that, that's really nice of them
0:10:54 > 0:10:59and, like, I think it was Nintendo and that, just to consider him...
0:10:59 > 0:11:01I mean, because, at the end of the day there's thousands of people
0:11:01 > 0:11:03out there who they could choose.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Oh, yeah, that end bit is quite misty, isn't it?
0:11:13 > 0:11:17After I've finished one picture or while I'm painting a picture,
0:11:17 > 0:11:21there'll be something else I'll see, and I'll want to paint that.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24The inspiration and the drive of getting better,
0:11:24 > 0:11:26and hopefully improving my work.
0:11:34 > 0:11:35Yeah.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45Yeah, sounds like it.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48In less than four hours, Kieron's finished.
0:11:50 > 0:11:51You happy with it?
0:11:51 > 0:11:53The image? Yeah, yeah.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54Yeah, not bad.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58The next step will probably be sort of taking it home to the studio,
0:11:58 > 0:12:02tidying up a couple of areas,
0:12:02 > 0:12:03and including a figure.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05And then I'll probably do...
0:12:05 > 0:12:09Scale it up, so, do it on a bigger one,
0:12:09 > 0:12:12and either store it upstairs or
0:12:12 > 0:12:15it'll be included in the next exhibition.
0:12:17 > 0:12:22To date, the top price paid for one of his landscapes is £55,000.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28So, tell me what you then finding out about the Celts, then.
0:12:28 > 0:12:33Erm, well, sort of, the Celtic calendar months and
0:12:33 > 0:12:35- their names and the meanings.- OK.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Kieron is home-schooled with his sister,
0:12:39 > 0:12:41a decision the family didn't take lightly.
0:12:42 > 0:12:48I think it's a difficult decision for any parent to make,
0:12:48 > 0:12:51what options their child is going to have for high school.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55And we did go through all our options available to us at the time.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59I think having seen how Kieron and Billie-Jo have both flourished
0:12:59 > 0:13:01as a result of that freedom and that process,
0:13:01 > 0:13:07we feel that, even now, it's the still right decision to have made.
0:13:07 > 0:13:08The information...
0:13:08 > 0:13:12They're taught by his retired primary school teacher, Beryl Knowles.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17He used to get up at some unearthly hour of the morning and do lots of
0:13:17 > 0:13:20painting, and then not exactly be dragged, kicking and screaming,
0:13:20 > 0:13:24to school, but he would come with some reluctance,
0:13:24 > 0:13:25I think it's fair to say.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Whereas, now, if that's what he wants to do...
0:13:28 > 0:13:31I mean, he told me the other morning he'd been up really early
0:13:31 > 0:13:33to paint the fog...
0:13:33 > 0:13:36OK. Erm, well, that's fine, go and paint the fog,
0:13:36 > 0:13:39cos that's when it's there, and when you come home and have your
0:13:39 > 0:13:42breakfast and a shower, you might feel a doing a bit of schoolwork.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44That wouldn't happen if he had to go to school.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49The family home is full of art.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Everywhere you turn, there is a Seago or a Walter Langley.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58I like how he's painted, you know, like, the pillow,
0:13:58 > 0:14:00and got light and shade on the pillow,
0:14:00 > 0:14:02and how well he's painted the hands.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06They say you can tell how good the painter is
0:14:06 > 0:14:08by how well he's painted the hands.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10You can tell there how good he was.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15I think painting's in my blood, whether I like it or not.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19I don't think I'll ever stop painting.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22It's just like my best friend.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28These are great artists who inspire Kieron to be even better.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32All he can see is the Newlyn School, your Edward Seagos
0:14:32 > 0:14:34and your Mannings,
0:14:34 > 0:14:37and he wants to get to where they were - or above where they were.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39That's his driven factor.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43I mean, I just hope he continues, really, to do what he wants to do.
0:14:44 > 0:14:45Yeah.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48I'd still like him to be a footballer.
0:14:50 > 0:14:51- No, you wouldn't.- I would!
0:14:52 > 0:14:56I'd like him to play for Leeds United and hold that Premiership Cup
0:14:56 > 0:14:57as captain - that would do me.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08As he leaves childhood behind, his work is changing.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11He's beginning to experiment more with figurative paintings.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20I'm just drawing it out at the moment,
0:15:20 > 0:15:26erm, just to give me an idea of the composition,
0:15:26 > 0:15:28and then I'll start to paint it.
0:16:07 > 0:16:08- MUM:- Hello!
0:16:08 > 0:16:09- CURATOR:- Hello, how are you?
0:16:09 > 0:16:11- All right. How are you? - Nice to see you.- Nice to see you.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14- Hello, young man. How are you?- It's that time of year again, isn't it?
0:16:14 > 0:16:16It is indeed.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20In the last year, Kieron has produced just under 100 paintings.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Oils, pastels, two watercolours.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Whittling them down to just over 40 pieces for the exhibition
0:16:26 > 0:16:28can be difficult.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31So the family take advice from Adrian Hill,
0:16:31 > 0:16:34who runs the gallery where Kieron's work will be sold.
0:16:35 > 0:16:3925 paintings will also be available to buy from a mailing list
0:16:39 > 0:16:42three weeks before the exhibition opens.
0:16:43 > 0:16:49The online sale came about from very hectic opening days,
0:16:49 > 0:16:53where, literally, I had people travelling from all over the world
0:16:53 > 0:16:54and camping in the car park,
0:16:54 > 0:16:57you know, on the weeks leading up to the exhibition.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01And, you know, we opened the doors and it was literally, you know,
0:17:01 > 0:17:04it was almost like the first-day of a Harrods sale.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16There was sort of a...not quite fights breaking out,
0:17:16 > 0:17:18but it wasn't far off.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20So, we had to manage that process,
0:17:20 > 0:17:24and also we had to find a way of selling paintings fairly.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30These are the ones that will go out to the mailing list, all right?
0:17:30 > 0:17:33So, again, there's a nice portfolio of your work,
0:17:33 > 0:17:36four different sizes as well, so you have four different price points.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38You've got an element of Cornwall there,
0:17:38 > 0:17:41lovely painting of Norfolk, too, and then Suffolk, as well.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43So, that's absolutely super.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50Typically, the smaller paintings sell for £2,000.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Larger pieces, around £30,000.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58- Are they shells that you got from holiday?- Yep.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Picked up at the beach?
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Yeah, the weird thing is they were white pearls, and then put them
0:18:02 > 0:18:06all in on the angelina fibre and they turned that colour.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10When she's not helping out with preparations for the exhibition,
0:18:10 > 0:18:14sister Billie-Jo is working on her own commercial project,
0:18:14 > 0:18:15making jewellery.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18When we come over here for the exhibition,
0:18:18 > 0:18:20I tend to like spend my time in Lucy's shop and like,
0:18:20 > 0:18:25we just bounce off ideas and dip in and out of here and Picturecraft.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28So, I'll help package Kieron's cards, then come over here again.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33I don't really get jealous, because I get just as much attention
0:18:33 > 0:18:37and I just, like, enjoy what I'm doing and I just think his, like,
0:18:37 > 0:18:39thing that he does is, like, amazing.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41So, yeah, I'm not jealous at all, no.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Everyone's agreed on the final selection of paintings.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51But, so far, Kieron's commercial success has hinged on him
0:18:51 > 0:18:53being a child artist.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57I think probably going forward, you know, commercially, for Kieron,
0:18:57 > 0:19:01you know, changing from a child to an adult is probably only comparable
0:19:01 > 0:19:04to that of the great Pablo Picasso, because he was only nine years old
0:19:04 > 0:19:06when he had his first exhibition,
0:19:06 > 0:19:09and we all know what an incredibly successful career that he forged.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12And I think, commercially, Kieron will probably find that, you know,
0:19:12 > 0:19:15as an adult, he will maybe continue, continue to paint.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17I mean, who knows, who knows of the future?
0:19:17 > 0:19:21But I think he'll probably evolve his style somewhat and I think
0:19:21 > 0:19:25he will probably take his collectors along, you know, with him.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29So far, Kieron's not had to think about the commercial side.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33Keith and Michelle act as his agent, manage his money,
0:19:33 > 0:19:34which is held in trust,
0:19:34 > 0:19:37and even help choose the paintings for the exhibition.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42Mum and Dad have been really good for taking that pressure off me,
0:19:42 > 0:19:46saying what you've got is what will go in.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49We always get one or two popular ones every year.
0:19:50 > 0:19:56But, I don't feel that I have to paint, you know,
0:19:56 > 0:19:58seven or eight of them cos that's what'll sell,
0:19:58 > 0:20:00cos I don't sort of sell my soul.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03I paint what sort of fires me up,
0:20:03 > 0:20:06and there'll be certain scenes that I will paint two or three times.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09Just cos I love painting them.
0:20:09 > 0:20:14But I never...if my heart isn't in it, I don't do it.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17I think you're driven because it's something that you're interested in,
0:20:17 > 0:20:20but it's the other commercial side that we don't feel comfortable with,
0:20:20 > 0:20:24because we're a naturally private family and, you know,
0:20:24 > 0:20:27the being in front of the cameras doesn't...you know, it's not
0:20:27 > 0:20:30comfortable, it doesn't come easy necessarily,
0:20:30 > 0:20:35but it's something that, you know, has... It's part of the package.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38And Kieron's happy to do it, isn't he? We're getting used to it.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Well, you seem happy in front of the camera, don't you, though?
0:20:41 > 0:20:42Can't get her off.
0:20:42 > 0:20:43Cut!
0:20:46 > 0:20:49It's Thursday, the 9th of June.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51The day the online sale begins.
0:20:51 > 0:20:56In a few minutes, 11,500 people on their mailing lists
0:20:56 > 0:21:00will be the first to see Kieron's 2016 works.
0:21:00 > 0:21:05It's unique, because most buyers prefer to view a painting in person.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Kieron's popularity means his fans will buy online.
0:21:11 > 0:21:16On that particular e-mail is all of the prices,
0:21:16 > 0:21:18images that are available for sale.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21If I look here, we've had somebody open one in Armenia.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26There, we've got Germany and France and Spain, Switzerland.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Obviously, in the UK as well, cos we're, you know,
0:21:30 > 0:21:34we've got most of Kieron's clients, you know, are still UK-based,
0:21:34 > 0:21:37but we've got them being opened in the States,
0:21:37 > 0:21:38in a number of different states.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42North Carolina, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania...
0:21:42 > 0:21:45In Dallas, Oklahoma, so, er...
0:21:45 > 0:21:49South Africa has just had one opened.
0:21:50 > 0:21:51Australia.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53So, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59While Adrian manages the online sale,
0:21:59 > 0:22:02team Williamson are busy finishing the framing.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07He didn't sign that. Did you want him to sign it?
0:22:07 > 0:22:09Kieron!
0:22:09 > 0:22:10- Yeah?- You need to sign it, please.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14It needs signing, mate.
0:22:14 > 0:22:15OK.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Do you want to do it in here or...?
0:22:17 > 0:22:19- Yeah, I'll just go and get my stuff. - All right.- All right.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26I think we decided to do most of the framing ourselves, didn't we?
0:22:26 > 0:22:31To minimise the risk of accidents happening.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35If it happens in-house, we then haven't got to worry about insurance
0:22:35 > 0:22:39and accident reports and blame and stuff.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41- And also...- We like to see them framed up, don't we?
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Yeah, it's our way of...
0:22:44 > 0:22:47..detaching from it and making sure that it gets sent out
0:22:47 > 0:22:49in the best possible condition.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52We know that the framers will do a good job, but we would worry more
0:22:52 > 0:22:56if the pictures were off-site than we would knowing that they're all
0:22:56 > 0:22:57here and, erm...
0:22:58 > 0:23:01- Yeah, it's our way of saying goodbye, isn't it?- Mm.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04We have had to learn how to do it from scratch.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06It's not something that we knew how to do.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10But, thankfully, Michael Hill at the framer's...
0:23:10 > 0:23:14- Erm, well, he gave you some sessions didn't he?- Yeah.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16When Kieron first sold his paintings,
0:23:16 > 0:23:19there were several that were unsigned, so we had to strip them
0:23:19 > 0:23:22back out and he came gave me a crash-course on how to frame.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28And then, if we ever get stuck, we just phone him up and
0:23:28 > 0:23:30he's there with his wisdom of knowledge.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34There we are.
0:23:34 > 0:23:35- Is it the right way up?- Yup.
0:23:35 > 0:23:36- Yay!- Finished job.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45It's the day before the exhibition opens.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49Online sales are going well, with some buyers purchasing a
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Kieron Williamson painting as an investment.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55But he also has a hard-core following of loyal fans,
0:23:55 > 0:23:58like Kimberley Walker, who treasure their painting.
0:24:00 > 0:24:05At his first exhibition, people were phoning up for specific paintings
0:24:05 > 0:24:09which weren't available and then asking to have any of the paintings,
0:24:09 > 0:24:12regardless of which ones they were.
0:24:12 > 0:24:16So, I think maybe those people are buying the paintings as some sort of
0:24:16 > 0:24:17investment for the future,
0:24:17 > 0:24:20and so they've got a different approach to doing that.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24I, personally, would want to choose a painting because I love it,
0:24:24 > 0:24:28but everyone's different and they've different reasons for buying them.
0:24:28 > 0:24:29From the family point of view,
0:24:29 > 0:24:33it's a lovely keepsake to pass through the family.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Kieron is no longer a child,
0:24:35 > 0:24:38but, so far, the interest in him shows no sign of stopping.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43Today, a French TV company has come to film him.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47In France, we have a lot, a lot, a lot of artists.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49That's a country of artists,
0:24:49 > 0:24:52but we don't have our Kieron.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55We don't have a prodigy like him,
0:24:55 > 0:24:59so that's why it was really important to witness
0:24:59 > 0:25:02and to show him to France.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06Kieron will stay in the memories, I think.
0:25:06 > 0:25:12Maybe we'll see him in history books, because it's so...
0:25:12 > 0:25:14You don't see that everyday.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17You know, this talent, at this age?
0:25:20 > 0:25:23It's the first day of the tenth exhibition.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26Today, buyers will decide what they are willing to pay
0:25:26 > 0:25:27for Kieron's work.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33- Hello!- Come on in, come on in. - Thank you very much.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35- Pretty excited.- Yes, yes.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37- DAD:- Good morning.- Good morning.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Before they open, I'm sort of really excited.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Especially the night before, it's just...
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Excited and can't wait to get here.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48And then, sort of, as we get here, the nerves will start to kick in
0:25:48 > 0:25:50and, sort of, worried, yeah.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53Worried that, sort of, the public reaction won't be very good.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57But I think that's sort of normal,
0:25:57 > 0:26:02just because, this year, especially with sort of doing more portraiture
0:26:02 > 0:26:04and people, not sure how that...
0:26:04 > 0:26:06How well that'll be received.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11It's the first year I've ever seen Kieron excited
0:26:11 > 0:26:12to come to his own exhibition.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16You know, I think he's waiting for the feedback on his portraiture
0:26:16 > 0:26:21and he's worked really hard in the studio and, you know, a year's work,
0:26:21 > 0:26:24or longer than a year really, some of it,
0:26:24 > 0:26:26and he's just really buzzing today.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30Me and Dad sort of say sometimes,
0:26:30 > 0:26:33"God, I wonder what I'd be doing now, or we'd be doing now
0:26:33 > 0:26:35"if I hadn't sort of found painting."
0:26:35 > 0:26:38It's pretty hard to imagine life without it.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45I'm sort of really, really happy that it has happened, you know.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Yeah, I can't imagine myself without painting anymore.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Michelle and Keith are already planning for the next stage
0:26:56 > 0:26:59in Kieron's career.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01Next year, they're releasing a new book,
0:27:01 > 0:27:03charting his work and influences.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06When Kieron's reaches 18,
0:27:06 > 0:27:08he will take financial control of his own business,
0:27:08 > 0:27:10with his parents carrying on as directors.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14But, for now, his focus is painting.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19I never, sort of, think what I would do with the money.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22I'm, sort of, more happy to just get back into my studio
0:27:22 > 0:27:24and get cracking down painting.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Sort of working towards the exhibition next year.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36We always thought, with an exhibition, this is definitely,
0:27:36 > 0:27:39this'll be the last one, cos he's got to bound to give it up.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Because he was a young boy growing up...
0:27:41 > 0:27:44I mean, Kieron changed his mind so many times with toys,
0:27:44 > 0:27:47with everything really. He's always had this fad for so many weeks,
0:27:47 > 0:27:50then he moves on. So, you...every exhibition we've done we thought,
0:27:50 > 0:27:54"This'll be the last one. Let's really make, make it a nice one."
0:27:54 > 0:27:57- And, he's just continued.- He's proved us wrong, hasn't he?
0:27:57 > 0:27:58Yeah, he has proved us wrong.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16I think I'll always carry on painting for the love of it,
0:28:16 > 0:28:22cos I know, in myself, that I've got the drive to carry on painting.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24So, it might've been difficult for Mum and Dad.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27They might not know if I'll carry on painting, but I know,
0:28:27 > 0:28:29in myself, I will carry on painting.