Chantelle Kukuaa Eghan, mother of Guinness World Record’s youngest male artist, Ace-Liam has disclosed that her decision to file for the youngest male artist record attempt was inspired by Nigerian chef, Hilda Baci.
Chantelle Kukuaa Eghan (Mother) received permission from GWR for her son’s attempt on January 18 to January 20, 2024, in Accra. This attempt has successfully marked Ace Liam as successor to previous record holder, Dante Lamb who secured the record at the age of 3. The presentation of the record title by GWR to Ace Liam was announced at a press conference on Tuesday.
Speaking to happyghana.com, she narrated the journey of Ace-Liam’s painting career since its inception and how far he has come. She indicated that what begun as something to keep the child busy, became a full-blown career that has been recognized by many far and wide. “Because I’m an artist myself, I wanted to in a way keep my son busy while I work; I just lay the canvas in front of him and gave him colors and paint brushes to get him busy; painting became something he enjoyed from that time till today.”
She mentioned that her interests in the GWR arose after Nigerian chef Hilda Baci secured a record title of longest cooking marathon in 2023, for a cooking record time of 93 hours and 11 minutes. “After Hilda Baci broke the cookathon record, I got curious and found my way to the GWR registration portal; while looking in the art category I spotted this record which I did not even know existed,” she recounted.
According to her, Ace-Liam has made tremendous advancements in his career and looks forward to doing greater things with him in the near future.
Chantelle encouraged Ghanaians to support the art industry and help artists in Ghana to live up to their full potential. “The art industry in Ghana needs more support; in the western parts of the world art is really appreciated and very lucrative; artists like Ace-Liam do very well in those parts of the world so let’s appreciate what we have here, instead of letting people from other parts of the world take what we have.” she noted.