Meet pint-sized Picasso - the world's youngest male artist who first picked up a brush at just six months old.<br /><br />Little Ace-Liam Nana Sam Ankrah, now 22 months, created his first masterpiece - a "vibrant abstract piece" - aged six months after his parents set up the activity to keep him entertained. <br /><br />His mum, Chantelle Kuuka-Eghan, 25, immediately noticed her son's artistic ability and encouraged him to keep expressing himself through art.<br /><br />Since then Ace-Liam has painted 30 abstract pictures using bright colours and his paintings started to gain traction after his mum set up his Instagram account.<br /><br />He's gone on to exhibit his artwork in galleries and also sells his paintings - which range from a $200 to $1k each. <br /><br />Ace-Liam has sold 11 pieces so far, including nine at auction at the Science and Technology Museum in Accra, Ghana - becoming the youngest person to exhibit a painting there. <br /><br />The tot was officially declared the world's youngest painter at one year and 152 days by the Guinness Book of World Records. <br /><br />Proud mum Chantelle said: "It was quite nerve-wracking because there were people that had also applied for Guinness World Record but most of them were disqualified.<br /><br />"While waiting for the result, I was so nervous and anxious, thinking maybe we could be in the same situation as them.<br /><br />"However, he was the first person to receive a successful email - making him the youngest painter in the world.<br /><br />"As much as he is into art and got this recognition, he'll grow up to be a normal kid but with a little bit less spotlight."<br /><br />At six month old Ace-Liam picked up the paint brush for the first time and his mum said he could "barely" hold it.<br /><br />She said: "He could barely hold his brush so he used his palms and he also tried to stand up, so you can see his footprint as well.<br /><br />"When he was around 11 months I had no idea he knew how to dip a brush into paint and put it onto a canvas.<br /><br />"He started choosing his own colours and learning which colours match with each other because sometimes he would pick pink and then he would match it with purple."<br /><br />Ace-Liam displayed 10 of his artworks at the Science and Technology Museum in when he was 1 year 4 month.<br /><br />Most of his paintings use a technique where the painting is moved across the canvas using hands and feet to create a unique finish. <br /><br />Chantelle said: "I have given him his own studio space and I have set up everything in a way that is to his height. <br /><br />"He goes there and reaches and paints himself and choses the colours, even the brush size he wants to use.<br /><br />"When he is extremely happy he goes in for neon colours and sometimes he gets a little bit relaxed and just wants to try out new things.<br /><br />"When I get him a new sets of paint, he goes more to the multi colours but I think his favourite colour is pink as well."<br /><br />In June, 2023 Chantelle entered Ace-Liam into the Guinness World Records and said she was "confident" that Ace-Liam would get the record.
