Posted on 11/17/2006 6:24:03 PM PST by Bean Counter
Meh.... Would look better painted on black velvet.
I think that if she is a fraud, she and her family have fooled many reputable people and organizations. According to the link, she will be having a live auction at Christie's in NY. You'd think that Christie's would have verified her talent if they are willing to put their name behind her.
Perhaps she has...!!!
the ability to translate what you see, to what you can draw and then understand how light can be used is a gift....
it can be developed and nurtured, but there are those that can "copy" and those that can "create"....
sometimes children are just gifted and allowed to develop their God given talents..... Tiger Woods, Stevie Wonder, Mozart, Speilberg, Blaise Pascal,Steve Wozniak,Wayne Gretzky,Franz Liszt, chopin, .....heck even Allison Kraus was a child prodigy...
by the way the painting was done by Pablo Picasso...
I really believe that God blessed these people with remarkable talent and that they in turn honor him by developing that talent.....
BTTT
Okay....now that seems plausible. thanks for the info.
"Never underestimate the power of the human mind to believe what it wants to believe, no matter the conflicting evidence."
Caedmon Erb, "Politics and Reality"
I would hate to think of living my life, with as little faith as I see some of my friends and associates display at times...
Is it really so hard to believe that this child has been endowed with a true gift??
**sigh**
The Jesus painting, purportedly by an 8-year-old girl, was not created by an 8-year-old girl. Not possible. The series of paintings in the "girl prodigy's" portfolio are telling, and look to me to have been created by several different artists. I would not at all be surprised if the lion was painted by this child.
Here's a question for you. If "Jesus" was painted by this child at 8, then why has the talent and the maturity level evidenced in this painting decreased in the artist supposedly painting at 12?
You have a way with words!
LOL!!
I still am not buying this story....and just cause she was on Oprah...?
Can you say " A million little pieces"? HA. HA.HA.
I don't have anything against Christianity..but I don't like money making scammers in the name of Christ.
Aside from a regrettable paucity of huge boobs and platemail.
I'd like to know that too. To my (admittedly unskilled) eye, that's probably the best painting shown.
"Some believe we have all seen the face of Christ before our birth on Earth, but perhaps Akiane has a better memory."
We don't exist before our conception.
Actually, the Lord knew you before he knit you in your mother's womb.
BB... You are a jerk!!
Nana
St. Britney?
I don't think this is a fake. It is certainly possible for a person, even a young child, with a natural talent to produce drawings like this with some training. Personally, I do not like this hyper-realistic style. The picture of potted plants in the window is the best of the lot, IMO. The one I posted above, of Britney Spears, is typical.
My dad has a natural talent. He started sketching when he was in the Navy during WW2, with no prior art training at all, and his drawings are pretty amazing. He did take art classes later.
My dad has only painted for a hobby, never professionally, which is a shame as his paintings are very Norman Rockwell-esque.
Close, but not exactly. The painting title is "Angelic Love", a work by Akiane at age 11. The ethereal quality of the painting's subject is apparent in the uncropped view.
FWIW-
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