A toddler from Accra, Ghana, named Ace-Liam Ankrah, holds the title of the world’s youngest male artist. Ace-Liam was announced as the record-holder by the Guinness World Records back in December at 1 year and 152 days old.
Ace-Liam’s artistic journey started thanks to his mother, Chantelle Kukua Eghan, who is an artist herself and founder of Accra’s Arts and Cocktails Studio. Wanting to keep Ace-Liam busy while working on her artwork, Eghan gave the little boy some acrylic paints and canvas to play with. Soon, she realized that he had quite a talent.
“I spread out a canvas on the floor and added paint to it, and then in the process of crawling, he ended up spreading all the colors on the canvas,” Eghan said in an interview with The Associated Press.
Since then, Ace-Liam has been working on creating all sorts of intriguing paintings. He had his first exhibit at the Museum of Science and Technology in Accra last year, showcasing 10 of his paintings. During the exhibit, nine of his artworks were sold. This enabled him to be in the running for the Guinness World Records.
You can check out some of Ace-Liam’s paintings by scrolling below.
