Akiane Explained

Akiane Kramarik
Birth Date:9 July 1994
Birth Place:Mount Morris, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation:Painter, poet

Akiane Kramarik (;[1] born July 9, 1994)[2] is an American poet and painter. She began drawing at the age of four.[3] Kramarik's best-known painting is Prince of Peace,[4] which she completed at the age of eight.

Early life

Akiane Kramarik was born on July 9, 1994, in Mount Morris, Illinois, to a Lithuanian mother and a non-practicing Catholic American father.[5] Kramarik professed she saw the face of Jesus Christ in her visions. Her education began at a parochial school, but she was later homeschooled. Regarding her influences and motivation, she states:

Paintings

Kramarik is a self-taught painter and says that Jesus spoke to her when she was four years old, encouraging her to draw and paint her visions.[6] She began to draw at the age of four, was painting at six, and began to write poetry at seven. At the age of 8 years old, Akiane painted Jesus. Her first completed self-portrait sold for US$10,000.

Kramarik's paintings are often allegorical as well as spiritual, involving likenesses of Jesus, children, and animals, as well as self-portraits. She often draws inspiration from magazine pictures. However, according to Kramarik, her main inspiration comes from her visions of Heaven and her religious experiences.[7] By age 12, she had completed sixty large paintings. Some of her works have been purchased by the US Embassy in Singapore.

At the age of 10, Kramarik appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show. At the age of 12, she appeared on CNN.[8] She appeared in the 68th episode of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson in 2005 and the 21st episode of Katie in 2012.

Prince of Peace

Kramarik has said Prince of Peace is her "favorite portrait" and one of her most memorable paintings.[9] At age eight she had long been seeking the right face to help her paint an image from her dreams and visions when a family friend brought to her a carpenter as a possible subject. The man's face closely resembled what Kramarik remembered as the face of Jesus. She completed the portrait in 40 hours of intensive work. Not long after, it was shipped to her agent for exhibition, who then stole it and sold it without permission. For sixteen years the original painting was held locked in a bank vault, with the then-owner unwilling either to show or to sell it.[10] [11] In December 2019, Prince of Peace was recovered by the artist's family and sold to a private collector for $850,000.[12]

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Akiane art tour 2007 . La Prensa . San Diego. June 8, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150329094855/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1303639351.html . dead . March 29, 2015 . September 24, 2014 .
  2. News: Centi. Lori Rose. Interview: Akiane speaks of heaven and paintings . August 11, 2016. The Washington Times.
  3. News: Robin Heflin . Strokes of genius; Just 10, Post Falls' Akiane Kramarik is dazzling everybody with her paintings, poetry . The Spokesman-Review . Spokane, WA . July 11, 2004 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150329094901/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-27379977.html . dead . March 29, 2015 . September 24, 2014 .
  4. Web site: Jones. Justin . Blessed or Cursed? Child Prodigies Reveal All . . https://web.archive.org/web/20141118013355/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/11/17/blessed-or-cursed-child-prodigies-reveal-all.html . November 18, 2014 . November 17, 2014 . dead . August 23, 2016 . "Some researches actually analyzed my work and compared the Shroud of Turin with. . . this painting," Akiane told Katie Couric earlier this year. The Shroud of Turin is the alleged cloth in which Jesus was buried after he was crucified. "They said it was almost 80 to 90 per cent accurate..
  5. Web site: Interview: Akiane speaks of heaven and paintings. The Washington Times. September 16, 2017. December 31, 2014.
  6. Web site: Akiane Kramarik: Dream Child . Christianity Today . July 2004 . January 30, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070124075844/http://www.christianitytoday.com/tc/2004/004/7.24.html . January 24, 2007 . live . mdy .
  7. News: Rose Centi. Lori. Interview: Akiane speaks of heaven and paintings. December 20, 2014. The Washington Times. February 21, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141220181714/http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/loris-centiments/2012/feb/23/akiane-speaks-heaven-and-paintings-twtc-interview/. December 20, 2014. Akiane began sketching at the age of four; by age six, she was painting on canvases. She told her mother that she had to paint because she had "visions from God." Her parents, who were atheists at the time, were simultaneously confused and amazed by their young daughter's paintings of heaven and Jesus Christ, to whom she referred as "God.".
  8. Web site: Lou Dobbs Tonight Transcript . CNN . October 24, 2003 . January 30, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070124163942/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0310/24/ldt.00.html . January 24, 2007 . live.
  9. Web site: January 8, 2018 . Child Prodigy is a Self-Made Millionaire from Selling Her Incredible Paintings: SuperHuman Geniuses . live . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/11z9aGw_iEs . 2021-12-12 . March 17, 2018 . YouTube.
  10. Web site: July 9, 2017 . Painting The Impossible by Akiane Kramarik . live . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/Wm9BGxpf0hU . 2021-12-12 . March 17, 2018 . YouTube.
  11. Web site: Kramarik. Akiane. How Jesus Saved His Own Portrait...The True Story of Akiane's Lost Masterpiece. .
  12. Web site: Hidden For Year's Artist's Famous Painting Of Jesus Emerges. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/cqDvpKPNqBY. 2021-12-12 . live. CBS Chicago. December 13, 2019.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Akiane".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.