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I have been a professional artist for ten years, starting at age 15. I’ve observed a tremendous mystique attached to artists. People think you either have it or you don’t. Truthfully even the best talent is disciplined with education, yet because so many believe artists are “touched”, not trained, many fail to question this girl’s abilities.
A co-worker brought up an article suggesting Akiane is a fraud. It is posted at the bottom and I highly recommend reading it. Here are observations of a professional artist:
1) There is no evidence she painted these pictures. Anyone can make brushstrokes on a painting. If Akiane is really painting everything, why the absence of significant brush strokes when filmed? Why is she just messing around in random areas? If you’re capable of holding a brush, you’re capable of doing that, too.
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This is where our story takes a turn. When we spent the day with Akiane, we noticed a few minor things that concerned us. For instance, the family wouldn't allow us to interview the model who posed for Christ.
And when we were told we could take a video recording of her painting, Akiane pulled out a painting that was almost finished and did some touch up work.
We didn't feel we truly saw Akiane create a piece of art, so we asked the family if we could return, and get record a video of her painting a small simple image from start to finish. They declined, telling us that it wouldn't be a fair representation of her work. But they sent us this tape of her painting “The Prince of Peace” in time lapse. It was heavily edited so we asked two experts to view the tape for their reaction.
“With all due respect, it looks like God didn't take an art history class in school,” says Sam Wilson. “That's not the correct way to paint an oil painting.”
Sam Wilson and Kim Martinez are painters and art professors at the University of Utah. They viewed the tape the family sent and the video we shot to see if they could determine whether Akiane is painting.
“She's just pushing paint around that's already there,” says Kim Martinez.
how intensely commercial they all are. To me they look exactly like the kind of thing that a posh jigsaw-puzzle company would commission.
the Chuck Jones cartoon classic "One Froggy Evening." That's the one where a laborer discovers that miraculous frog that sings and dances - but never when anyone else is looking.
Originally posted by madnessinmysoul
reply to post by Thurisaz
she painted a white male with long brown hair...
jesus was a palestinian (as in, dark skinned, black haired) male who lived in an era where men with long hair were put to death
so she definitely wasn't painting jesus.
and she lives in america for crying out loud, of course she's had exposure to christianity.
...and exposure to depictions of jesus as a white male with long brown hair...