Homeschooled Child Art Prodigy

Please read and share with your children, if you choose...
Happy Holidays,
from Barbara
artonwings@aol.com

-

http://www.artakiane.com
make sure to go to her website!!!!!

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, culinary arts instructor, 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 three brothers, Delfini 14, Jean Lu 12 and Ilia 3
years old.

• 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

• Heritage:
Lithuanian, Jewish, Polish, Hungarian, Slovakian, Russian, Bohemian,
Chinese, French, Danish and German

• At 4, had a life-changing spiritual
transformation, converting the family to Christianity.

• 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 three hours a day.

• Often works over a hundred hours on a painting, producing 8 to 10
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, chess, trampoline,
piano, dancing, 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.