Painting
is an art which is used to express personal ideas and creativity. The best artistic painters do not force their painting skills but majority of them are
born with the talent of painting. Just as many great artistic painters have
narrated their stories on how they started their painting career, my kid,
James, was not exempted. He started showing his painting skills at a very
tender age that even got me amazed. I am not an artistic painter myself but I
was able to notice that my kid had the painting skills. Obviously he did not
inherit his painting talent from me, his father.
I
was a primary school teacher and when my son was three years old, his talent in
painting was visible in the eyes of everybody who was near him. First, he loved
nature and whenever he spotted any spectacular scene, he would try to draw it
in the dust. This caught me by surprise because nobody in my family was an
artistic painter. My wife was a nurse and did not have time to either identify
or nurture my child’s talent.
When
James attained the age of six years, he was enrolled in kindergarten school in our
neighborhood. This was the greatest opener for his talent; he now had books and
pens to draw all he wanted. I would purchase books on weekly basis because he
would draw and paint pictures every time he had free time. His teacher also
identified his passion in art and did not restrict him from doing what he loved
most – painting.
At
the age of eight years when James was in standard two, I was surprised on my
birthday. Two weeks earlier, they had had a class tour to a game park. On that
evening of my birthday, we had supper as a family, as usual. After the dinner,
at around 9:00 p.m. James went to his bedroom and came back with a picture in
his hands which he extended to me and said, “Dad, here is your birthday
present”. I was astonished and could not believe what I saw. He had
artistically drawn and painted a picture of a monkey standing on a tree,
peeling a ripe banana! What a scene, what a picture! It was a spectacular
picture that nobody could have imagined that it had been drawn and painted by a
standard two kid. Everybody in the family was mesmerized and happy with James’
painting.
That
very month, they had the school’s culture week and James painted the same
picture which he showcased on the D-day of the event. His painting became the
most outstanding in the arts section beating all paintings that had been done
by the other students. Believe it or not, his painting was purchased at a price
of $150. It was from that very day that I purchased a full set of painting
materials for my kid. He became famous as an artistic painter in the whole
school and region and after his high school; he joined college and studied
artistic painting. He was able to pay his college fees through his artistic
paintings talent because he had signed several artistic painting studios that
paid for his services.
My
kid made me understand that talent is always in-born and nobody can hide it. At
a tender age of eight years, James surprised me with a remarkable painting that
made me realize that in deed he had a painting talent. From that day, I
supported him fully in nurturing his talent which has enabled his earn a living
until today. Currently, he has his own artistic painting studio where he is
also nurturing painting talents for many young people.
