# Akiane Kramarik, child prodigy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 4, 2006, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/akiane-kramarik-child-prodigy/351213 "2006-04-04T06:29:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/akiane-kramarik-child-prodigy/351213/61 "2006-04-08T07:11:24Z")
Technically very accomplished for her age. But she needs to get the kitsch out. ---
**Author:** ![heather2013](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ec9cab/32.png) [@heather2013](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heather2013)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/akiane-kramarik-child-prodigy/351213/62 "2013-01-25T14:22:28Z")
Here is a video I found on her website to see a time-lapsed video of her painting a picture from start to finish. Please go to [http://www.artakiane.com/](http://www.artakiane.com/) and click on the video that is off to the right. Hope this helps with all of your doubts of this girls talents. She has a gift from God and I am so thankful that she is here painting her pictures.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/akiane-kramarik-child-prodigy/351213/63 "2013-01-25T16:08:21Z")
Well, I like it at least. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/akiane-kramarik-child-prodigy/351213/64 "2013-01-25T20:36:45Z")
To be fair, she’s had 7 years to learn since this thread started. How is she at painting zombies? Anyone that advertises themselves as a prodigy is an annoying blowhard, in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/akiane-kramarik-child-prodigy/351213/65 "2013-01-25T21:01:31Z")
I’m impressed that zombie can hold a brush steady enough to create such works. If those aren’t the works of zombies then I’m not at all impressed. Seems like pretty ordinary stuff. Maybe more than that when she was very young, but her web site didn’t have anything all that impressive. Perhaps she hasn’t improved in all this time. I remember seeing something on TV once about a young girl artist and there were questions about whether her parents were brow-beating her into painting, suggesting subjects, and maybe doing some of the work. Could this be the same girl? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/akiane-kramarik-child-prodigy/351213/66 "2013-01-25T21:11:14Z")
Amazing how she hasn’t seemed to progress a single iota in 7 years. ---
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/akiane-kramarik-child-prodigy/351213/67 "2013-01-25T22:12:26Z")
> [@heather2013](#): > > Here is a video I found on her website to see a time-lapsed video of her painting a picture from start to finish. Please go to [http://www.artakiane.com/](http://www.artakiane.com/) and click on the video that is off to the right. Hope this helps with all of your doubts of this girls talents. She has a gift from God and I am so thankful that she is here painting her pictures.🙂 Yeah, but where do you stand on James Otto? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/akiane-kramarik-child-prodigy/351213/68 "2013-01-26T00:05:40Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Amazing how she hasn’t seemed to progress a single iota in 7 years. Yeah, that was what I noticed too. Her work looks the same from about age 8 until today. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/akiane-kramarik-child-prodigy/351213.md?page=3)