Meet the two-and-a-half-year-old impressionist painter who has sold pieces for up to £8.4K (€10K) <br /><br />Laurent Schwarz has been painting crazy ever since he visited the Hotel Feuerstein in South Tyrol, Italy in November last year.<br /><br />The hotel had a painting room for kids and Laurent's mum Lisa Schwarz, 32, couldn't get him out of it.<br /><br />Not long after their trip, proud mum Lisa started an Instagram account to share his son's artwork - not thinking anything of it. <br /><br />But the videos quickly went viral and Lisa has since been inundated with requests from people all over the world wanting to buy Laurent's creations.<br /><br />In the last six months, Laurent managed to complete 21 paintings, 19 of which have sold.<br /><br />Most sold for around £6K (€7,000) with one painting going for £8,4K (€10,000) <br /><br />Lisa, from Neubeuern, Germany, said:" I had no idea that these videos, some of which have 5m views, would be so popular.<br /><br />"There are so many requests for Laurent's pictures from all over the world. <br /><br />"Everyone wants to buy his pictures and some people are offering unimaginable sums.<br /><br />"On average we have gotten between €6,000 and €7,000 for his paintings.<br /><br />"We are keeping our prices stable even though the demand is very high but we could make a lot more. <br /><br />"We want Laurent's paintings to be able to hang in homes all over the world."<br /><br />Laurent's two remaining paintings have garnered extreme interest with both attracting six figure bids.<br /><br />Lisa even had to create a waiting list for future paintings and auction houses have been in contact to offer their services.<br /><br />Lisa is very clear that Laurent only paints when and if he wants to.<br /><br />If he decides one day that he doesn't want to paint anymore, there will be no pressure from her or Laurent's father, Phillip Schwarz, to carry on.<br /><br />Lisa said: "Sometimes he paints twice a day and sometimes he doesn't paint at all for two weeks. <br /><br />"He has to want to do it and that varies from day to day. After all, he's only two years old.<br /><br />"If at some point he doesn't feel like drawing anymore then that's it and it's one click and the Instagram channel is deleted."<br /><br />All of the money generated from the sales will be placed into a fund which Laurent can access when he turns 18.
