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Sept 2021

Last Updated: 09/09/2021

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Starbeck artist goes viral… at the age of four!

by Alys Jones

| 09 Sept, 2021

Clive Leeming, who started reception at Starbeck Primary Academy this week, became a sensation in a national Facebook group after his mum Elena shared his abstract painting.

A four-year-old boy from Starbeck has racked up over 2,500 likes on Facebook for a painting he created.

Clive Leeming, who started reception at Starbeck Primary Academy this week, became a sensation in the Family Lowdown Tips & Ideas Facebook group after his mum Elena shared his abstract painting.

Proud mum Mrs Leeming said:

“Like most parents we have our kids’ paintings on the fridge or wall for a while then put them in a box and don’t think anything of it. But this one in particular, when he brought it to us we were like ‘wow’.

“He only paints about once a week, but since he was really young he’s loved messing around with paint.”

Over 1,000 people in the million-strong Facebook group commented to say how impressed they were with Clive’s artwork. Some even said that after years of art school they struggled to produce work of this calibre.

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Clive’s dad, Darren, added that they’re now trying to find him art classes in Harrogate:

“We really want to encourage him as best we can, because he’s got a talent. He’s loved painting from an early age, and it’s often abstract art.

“We’re trying to find a class, but it’s hard for a four-year-old!"

Clive created the painting on regular paper, using acrylic paints and water. But what is the budding Picasso's painting of?

“It’s an elephant!” he says.

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