Land Of The Rising Son
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Miraculous Rock Art

Miraculous Rock Art

You could consider Akie Nakata to be a rock star of sorts, but not the one that usual comes to mind. 

Akie Nakata is a self-taught artist creating realistic animal designs using small stones and pebbles to make incredible art which you can hold in the palm of your hand.  A smooth stone painted as a curled-up puppy with soft brown fur, on a white ground She started this quirky journey as a stone artist in 2011, while taking a walk along a river bank, she came upon a particular stone that looked like a rabbit. A stone painted as a crouching ocelot with a spotted and striped coat, on dark leather In true Japanese spirit, she is inspired by the natural shapes of each stone and chooses ones she believes already have their own destined characters. A grey stone painted as an elephant with its calf nestled against its side “Stones have their own intentions, and I consider my encounters with them as cues to go ahead and paint what I see on them.”  From cats and dogs to owls, mice, and even an entire opossum family, each of Akie’s stone animals look remarkably lifelike.A smooth stone painted as a curled-up puppy with soft brown fur, on a white ground Painting the eyes last, Akie considers her work complete when she sees “the eyes are now alive” An oval stone painted as a Japanese macaque cradling its infant against its chest She continues on, “To me, completing a piece of work is not about how much detail I draw, but whether I feel the life in the stone.” As you view these magnificent pieces, you can understand what the word "Mastery" means. A wedge-shaped stone painted as an adult giraffe with a young one beside it A stone painted as a red octopus, its tentacles curling over the edge of the stone A rounded stone painted as a kakapo, the green flightless parrot, facing the viewer Currently she lives in Sayama Saitama. 

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