Artist Brings Stones To Life By Realistically Painting Animals On Them
Akie Nakata is a Japanese “stone artist”, as she calls herself. Her canvas is anything but ordinary since she uses stones and realistically paints on them, this way bringing them to life. As Nakata says herself, “When I find a stone, I feel that stone has found me too. Stones have their own intentions, and I consider my encounters with them as cues they give me it’s OK to go ahead and paint what I see on them.”
Her work is so detailed and realistic it’s impossible not to adore it. According to Nakata, she paints eyes of these animals at the very end, “I consider my work completed only when I see that the eyes are now alive and looking back straight at me. To me, completing a piece of work is not about how much detail I draw, but whether I feel the life in the stone.”
Scroll down to see her incredible work yourself!
#1 Red Fox
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#2 Hamster
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#3 Mom And Baby Sea Otter
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#4 Blue Bird
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#5 Owl
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#6 Baby Seal
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#7 Pug Dog
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#8 Raccoon
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#9 Golden Retriever
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#10 Koala
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#11 Snow Owl
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#12 Baby Owl
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#13 Mom And Baby Elephant
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#14 Lone Wolf
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#15 Hippo
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#16 Laying Himalayan Cat
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#17 Eagle Owl
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#18 Young Lion
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#19 Green Iguana
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#20 Possum Family
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#21 Wings Of Affection
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#22 Baby Red-Eared Slider
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#23 Himalayan Cat
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#24 Long Haired Tortoiseshell Cat
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#25 Polar Bear
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#26 Leopard
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#27 Japanese Chin Dog
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#28 Owl Friends
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#29 Tuxedo Cat
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#30 Dendrobates
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#31 Somali Cat
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#32 Chinese Pond Turtle
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#33 Crocodile
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what incredible talent and creative vision! Kudos!!!
Wow. How brilliant! Great work. I can’t make out though whether these are pastels, pencils or markers. I am crazy about all art supplies. I spend hours browsing through my favourite Pigment Lab store. Know everything there is to know about all the best brands …from Daniel Smith, Wallace Seymour to ArtGraf, Cretacolor, , Akua, Gamblin, Vallejo…just name it
Oh my gosh, that was amazing. Cute and adorable. I loved it. I did not really like the golden retrievers body, but the rest was amazing. Great job!