Artist Brings Stones To Life By Realistically Painting Animals On Them

Published 5 years ago

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.”

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#1 Red Fox

Image source: Akie Nakata

#2 Hamster

Image source: Akie Nakata

#3 Mom And Baby Sea Otter

Image source: Akie Nakata

#4 Blue Bird

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#5 Owl

Image source: Akie Nakata

#6 Baby Seal

Image source: Akie Nakata

#7 Pug Dog

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#8 Raccoon

Image source: Akie Nakata

#9 Golden Retriever

Image source: Akie Nakata

#10 Koala

Image source: Akie Nakata

#11 Snow Owl

Image source: Akie Nakata

#12 Baby Owl

Image source: Akie Nakata

#13 Mom And Baby Elephant

Image source: Akie Nakata

#14 Lone Wolf

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#15 Hippo

Image source: Akie Nakata

#16 Laying Himalayan Cat

Image source: Akie Nakata

#17 Eagle Owl

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#18 Young Lion

Image source: Akie Nakata

#19 Green Iguana

Image source: Akie Nakata

#20 Possum Family

Image source: Akie Nakata

#21 Wings Of Affection

Image source: Akie Nakata

#22 Baby Red-Eared Slider

Image source: Akie Nakata

#23 Himalayan Cat

Image source: Akie Nakata

#24 Long Haired Tortoiseshell Cat

Image source: Akie Nakata

#25 Polar Bear

Image source: Akie Nakata

#26 Leopard

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#27 Japanese Chin Dog

Image source: Akie Nakata

#28 Owl Friends

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#29 Tuxedo Cat

Image source: Akie Nakata

#30 Dendrobates

Image source: Akie Nakata

#31 Somali Cat

Image source: Akie Nakata

#32 Chinese Pond Turtle

Image source: Akie Nakata

#33 Crocodile

Image source: Akie Nakata

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