Akiane Kramarik

“A vision is like an oasis in a desert. You can't have it all the time, as you need to keep on continuing your journey through the desert of life experiences, full of faith trials... I am not so concerned about waiting for a vision to appear because I know it will come to me when I least expect it... I still do have visions that inspire my work.”

“I was so young but started having these visions and impressions of the world.”

“My understanding of Heaven has expanded and deepened since my first encounter with visions and dreams of Heaven.”

“So we led our lives in nature and spent a lot of time together as a family. That's how we picked things up and learned about life.”

“I feel every painting is a challenging piece of a puzzle for me and others to solve. I feel both humble and exhilarated to see if completed.”

“Art is a hidden doorway that can change people's emotions.”

“None of my paintings I would say are religious.”

“Love is so powerful. It will always show up on time to people who need it most.”

“For a true artist, life is a real academy. I am always both a student and a teacher. I have been teaching art to children since the age of eight. Now I am a co-founder of Akiane Arts School at Foreli Academy, where we are now enrolling students.”

“My family was very, very poor. We grew up in an environment that was so nurturing and so caring. Everything around us was beautiful.”

“I was just so surprised at the impeccable images I had in my head that I just had to express them in some sort of physical matter.”

“I don't belong to any religions, I really belong to God.”

“Then as I turned seven, I gradually moved onto pastels and started painting on large canvases that were much bigger than me.”