Akiane didn't know who Jesus was until he revealed his face to her in a vision. At age 8, she painted what she saw and it has since become the world's most famous modern painting of Jesus. But she faced backlash, deception, and theft after painting it, and she's here to tell that story.

Akiane's channel: @akianeart
Her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/akianeart/
Website: https://akiane.com
Gallery: https://belovedgallery.org

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00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:44 - Poverty and Imagination
00:08:40 - Started Drawing/Painting
00:11:44 - The day 20 cops showed up...
00:21:15 - First time telling your parents about the vision?
00:24:03 - How did you learn to paint?
00:25:05 - How she painted THE painting
00:31:33 - It took everything out of her
00:38:39 - Where everything went south…
00:39:12 - Major pushback
00:43:43 - The art agent scam
00:47:57 - Lost for…decades?!
00:53:21 - Akiane’s dad saving the day
00:59:23 - Shroud of Turin
01:00:55 - Colton Burpo’s Near Death Experience
01:02:26 - The model for the painting
01:03:20 - How the painting impacted the family’s faith
01:04:46 - 1000 Hours to Make
01:07:08 - Holy Face of Manoppello
01:09:09 - Getting the painting back
01:17:24 - Timeline of Akiane’s work
01:24:30 - Akiane’s advice for others
01:30:45 - Painting Mary