Америкалық суретші және ақын Акиане Крамарик

American painter and poet

Akiane Kramarik (/ə//'//k//iː//ə//n//ə/; born July 9, 1994) is an American poet and painter. She began drawing at the age of four. Kramarik's best known painting is Prince of Peace, which she completed at the age of eight.

Akiane Kramarik was born on July 9, 1994, in Mount Morris, Illinois, to a Lithuanian mother and a non practicing Catholic American father. Kramarik professed she saw the face of Jesus Christ in her visions. Her education began at a parochial school, but she was later homeschooled.

Kramarik is a self taught painter and says that Jesus spoke to her when she was four years old, encouraging her to draw and paint her visions. She began to draw at the age of four, was painting at six, and began to write poetry at seven. At the age of 8 years old, Akiane painted Jesus. Her first completed self portrait sold for US$10,000. By age 12, she had completed sixty large paintings. Some of her works have been purchased by the US Embassy in Singapore. At the age of 10, Kramarik appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show. At the age of 12, she appeared on CNN. She appeared in the 68th episode of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson in 2005 and the 21st episode of Katie in 2012.

Kramarik has said Prince of Peace is her "favorite portrait" and one of her most memorable paintings. In December 2019, Prince of Peace was recovered by the artist's family and sold to a private collector for $850,000. After twenty years, the original is now available for public viewing at Beloved Gallery in Marble Falls, Texas. At the age of four, Colton Burpo, whose story was featured in the best selling book Heaven Is for Real and the film adaptation of the same name, underwent a critical operation after his appendix burst. Although it was not a near death experience (his heart never stopped), he did say he had an experience of visiting Heaven and had visions of Jesus. Years later, when he saw Kramarik's Prince of Peace on TV, he told his father "Dad, that one’s right."