One lucky pupil at St Martin's School, in Northwood , has managed to bag himself a discount artwork by renowned graffiti artist 'Pure Evil'.

Dylan Bakshi, 10, emailed the artist, whose real name is Charles Uzzell-Edwards, explaining how much he admired his work and that he was saving up to buy one of his paintings.

The friendly artist wrote back telling Dylan how he had a painting he might want in his studio and that his wife said he should sell it to Dylan with a special discount for being “so awesome”.

Pure Evil sold his painting, of Snoopy, to Dylan for just £40 – 10 times less than it should be!

The thrilled pupil said: “I was exhilarated when Pure Evil made such a generous offer. Yesterday I had the painting framed.

"It is the only one in the world and I got it for just £40.”

Dylan was lucky enough to meet the artist last February after visiting his Pure Evil gallery in Shoreditch, and explained in his email how happy he was that Uzzell-Edwards had taken the time to speak to him and give him an autograph.

Ever since, Dylan has been saving his money to buy one of the artist's Snoopy paintings, even asking his family for money instead of presents for his 10th birthday to boost his savings.

However, when Dylan went online to buy his favourite 'Charlie Brown Nightmare' print in Blue Edition he saw that it had sold out.

He decided to write to the artist after learning the correct way to lay out a letter at school in his English class.

'My work is to inspire people'

His former English teacher Linda Flynn, who is head of English at St Martin's School, said: “In the summer holiday he conducted some research on the artist Pure Evil and he managed to find his email address on his website.”

He wrote in his email: “Please let me know if there is any way I can buy one from you, as I would really like to own one of your paintings. I have kept a blank space on my bedroom wall and am hoping you can help me to fill it in!”

When Uzzell-Edwards suggested the alternative painting, Dylan was thrilled and replied saying he thought the new painting looked “even better than the original”.

The artist said he wanted to give Dylan the discount because he remembered him visiting his gallery and said he seemed “genuine”.

“I am on a role at the moment with my work,” he said, “and it's nice to go and make someone happy. My work is to inspire people, it's not just about making prints.”

The 43-year old artist has exhibited globally and currently lives in Hackney with his wife and daughter.

He opened his Pure Evil gallery in 2007 and always has an exhibition of his work there.

The artist's unique moniker comes from a shooting incident when he was a child, when he borrowed a shotgun and shot dead a bunny rabbit. Only once the rabbit was dead did he realise what a terrible, 'pure evil' deed he had done.

The image of a rabbit is now his tag which he paints around the world.

His recognisable prints and paintings feature celebrities and famous figures with paint dripping from their eyes, like blood or tears.

Regarding his work he sold to his young fan, Pure Evil said: “I hope he enjoys it. I hope he's going to treasure it for a long time.”