THE mother of an eight-year-old artist from Wellington who taught himself how to paint says he has had an artistic streak since the age of two.

Kevin Kovacs, a self-taught artist who started drawing when he was a toddler, now has his own solo art exhibition at the Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre in Taunton.

His mum, Natalia, started sharing his work on social media and his exhibition will be open until Tuesday, April 29.

Kevin, who even made his own prices for his artwork on sale at the exhibition, said: "I am happy about my exhibition and that people can see my art on the walls and I hope for another exhibition in London."

Kevin has been exposed to creativity and art since he was born - as both his mum and dad, Robert, are keen photographers.

Natalia said: "My husband photographs nature, wildlife and landscapes, so Kevin was around cameras all the time and we loved to draw with him when he was a toddler.

"We bought him all kinds of mediums - paints, water colours, and all kinds of art supplies that I could use with him.

"And I could see he was enjoying it when he was around two."

Natalia said when Kevin turned five he started sketching - and took inspiration from all the trips he went on with his family around the South West.

She explained: "He loved sketching buildings which he had seen from when we were travelling and outside.

"We love to travel a lot - and Kevin would sometimes want to visit a village or city near us, and we would be sitting down and he would just be drawing and sketching.

"Then he started remembering the places we had been and would be drawing places we had visited two or three weeks earlier."