英9岁男孩画作卖高价不愁房

　　A British primary school pupil dubbed ‘mini Monet’ has earned enough to buy a new house for his family.

　　吉尔隆•威廉姆森今年9岁，2008年随家人度假时他开始画风景画，现在竟已收获国际声誉，赚得15万英镑在诺福克郡购置了房产。

　　Nine-year-old Kieron Williamson, who has gained international renown since he began painting landscapes on a family holiday in 2008, paid £150,000 for the property inNorfolk.

　　房产在吉尔隆年满18岁前由信托管理。之前他和父母，姐姐一家人住在一间租来的公寓里。

　　It will remain in trust until his 18th birthday. He previously lived with his parents and sister in a rented flat.

　　吉尔隆的爸爸基思说，“如果吉尔隆长大后不再画画，想做其他的事情，至少他不用再担心要还房贷。”

　　His father Keith, 44, said: “If he decides he wants to do something completely different when he is older, at least he won’t have to worry about a mortgage.”

　　去年7月底，吉尔隆举办了一次画展，不到半个小时的时间里，他的33幅画作就卖出了15万英镑。

　　Kieron’s last major exhibition of 33 paintings sold for £150,000 within half an hour last July.

　　吉尔隆最新的12幅画将于本周五在Picturecraft画廊出售，价格在1,250英镑至15,595英镑不等。

　　His latest 12 paintings go on sale this Friday for between £1,250 and £15,595 at Norfolk’s Picturecraft Gallery.

　　预计这次画展又将出现抢购一空的一幕，因为已经有多为购买者准备在画廊外露营彻夜守候。

　　The exhibition is expected to be another instant sellout, with buyers pledging to camp overnight outside the gallery.

　　画廊所有人阿德里安•希尔说，“这个孩子无人能比，再也找不到其他小孩，像他一样使用水彩、油画和蜡笔三种不同画法。他已将技术元素掌握得出神入化。”

　　Its owner Adrian Hill said: ‘He is unrivalled. There isn’t any other child out there who can paint as well in three different media – watercolour, oil and pastel. His grasp of the technical elements really is a wonderful thing.