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• Considered to be a child prodigy... the artist
and poet Akiane was born underwater at home, on July 9,
1994, in Mount Morris, Illinois, to the atheistic stay-at-home
Lithuanian homemaker mother, and an American father, chef
and dietary manager.
• Lived in Illinois, Missouri, Colorado and Idaho, experiencing
poverty and affluence.
• Having attended both public and private schools, now is
home-schooled with her four brothers, Delfini 16, Jean Lu
14, Ilia 5 years old and Aurelius, her new baby brother
• Began drawing at 4, and painting at 6, teaching herself
and learning mostly from her own keen observation and study.
• Speaks four languages: Lithuanian,
Russian, English and Sign Language
• At 4, had a life-changing spiritual
transformation, bringing the family to God.
• At age 7 began writing poetry and aphorisms.
• Her poems often arrive fully conceived.
• The inspiration for her art and literature comes from
her visions, dreams, observations of people,
nature and God.
• Paints from imagination, reference materials and models.
• Favorite size canvases: 48 x 60
inches.
• Considers her style: Akianism -
a universal blend of realism and
imaginism
• Wants people to find hope in her
paintings.
• Has the same goal with each painting: to be inspiration
for others and to be the gift to God.
• Favorite medium: acrylics for full figures, and oil paints
for large portraits.
• Rises at 4 a.m. five-six days a week to get ready to paint
in the studio and write; works for about 4-5 hours each
day.
• Often works over a hundred to two hundred hours on a painting,
producing 8 to 20 paintings a year.
• Usually makes many sketches before painting.
• Works on one painting at a time.
• Favorite subject: people and spiritual subjects.
• Has "start-to-finish" demonstration videos of
her painting.
• Favorite activities and hobbies: art, poetry, piano, reading
and helping people.
• Likes about herself:
"sensitivity to people".
• Does not like about herself:
"impatience".
• Assesses her own character:
"daring heart and cautious mind".
• Her biggest wish:
"that everyone would love God and one another".
• Her life goal: to share her love for God and people around
the world.
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