Four-year-old painting prodigy has made £13,000 from selling his artwork

The four-year-old has already has his art featured in three exhibitions
Money raised from selling the paintings goes towards his education
Shruti Kolarkar
Sophie Williams3 May 2018

A four-year-old described as a "prodigy" is making thousands of pounds from his artwork.

Advait Kolarkar has already had his paintings featured in three exhibitions including ArtExpo in New York.

According to his website, the four-year-old's fascination with art "began when he was three-months-old."

"He would keenly gaze at black objects- wardrobes and curtains - an observation that soon turned into demand," the website says.

"His first few paintings are poems in motion of black strokes."

According to his website, Advait's passion for painting started when he was three-months-old
Advait Kolarkar

The Kolarkar family are from India however moved to Canada two years ago. His mother is also a painter.

He has had his work featured in three exhibitions
Shruti Kolarkar

During his most recent exhibition in the city of St John, the four-year-old sold all 30 of his paintings within days.

Some of the paintings were priced as high at $2,000 (£1,144) each.

According to his mother, the four-year-old wants to keep painting
Advait Kolarkar

To date, the boy has earned around $23,000 (£13,163) from selling his paintings.

A proportion is being saved for his education while some of the proceeds have been given to charity.

His mother told the Hindustan Times: “We had never imagined we will receive so much interest and he will be able to make so much money.

"Our initial thought was to keep him going with the art. He wants to keep painting.”

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