Akiane on The Katie Couric Show

[Music] and welcome back you know we were just talking about this portrait of Jesus before the break it's called Prince of Peace and featured in the book heaven is for real you may be surprised to learn the age of the artist and her heavenly inspiration for art prodigy ma kianak Romaric heaven has always been in the details her paintings complex vibrant and inspired by an astonishing spiritual connection at just four years old ah Kiana began to have visions of being in heaven and meeting God she began translating those visions onto paper most extraordinary the concept of God hadn't even been introduced to a Kiana as a child her parents were self-described atheists at six she turned to painting bringing her heavenly visions to life through her art I get up at 4:30 every morning and I do art at 5:00 then I do probably two to three hours home schooled and self-taught she continues to paint six days a week and today has produced more than 200 paintings all influenced by the same faith and heavenly inspiration that she is carried from childhood when I paint for example I planted eyes and some people say it's not religious but I know in science everything I do that has a meaning of spirituality now Kiana was just 10 years old in that video she's now 18 and some of her paintings are worth more than a million dollars Aki Anna thank you so much for being here thank you it's an honor so you were just four years old when you believed you started hearing voices from heaven yes and it just I just came in a fast through a family that was not religious at all when I started having receiving these visions at four it was just way too complex to describe him through words and I just the only thing I could use was colors he started painting and drawing yeah and this is the Prince of Peace which I mentioned earlier and and you were only I cannot believe this eight years old when you painted this I was I was but the image came to me ever since I was three and a four years old but it was like a blurry like a image but it was only when I was eight years old when this carpenter came knocking on our door when I said this is the perfect time to paint the story of love unity and peace a carpenter of course that when I heard that I was like wow okay that makes sense and actually some researchers actually analyzed my work and they compared the Shroud of Turin with my work this particular painting and they said it was almost 80 to 90 percent accuracy so tell me about this next painting you were how old when you painted this is this when I was 10 it's called creation and this actually happened by accident it was time where I just let myself go and I just somehow this place came about and I just remembered that this was the place I used to visit as a child and your dad's in the audience your dad Mark and Highmark what what did you think as a keanu said you guys were not a religious family at all when when she started talking about this and painting these things what was your reaction at first I didn't understand where this came from we weren't and I was an agnostic my wife's an atheist and we didn't speak it in the house but to this day I still still can't figure it out but it's it's I know this shocked have you changed are you now more religious as a result I honestly I'm more I'm more yeah yeah let's era is life after death let's go - sorry there is life after death well that's what a lot of people I know think and and and are wondering a lot more I think after watching this show tell me about this final painting this is actually called I am and it was one of the most hardest painting that I've ever done I get think it's because based on the store the question of who are we why are we here and and what what's this place about this took six-and-a-half 62.67 half months and it's I think it's because I just wanted to capture that moment of self realization of who we are and why are we here and that's when I wanted to capture this painting because I know that everybody's so in my opinion everybody's perfect everybody is irreplaceable and unique and I want people to to get inspired by looking at this painting I know you have fewer visions now does that worry you it does a little bit but I know that it will come naturally as I get older because when I was younger this voice told me just just be prepared not to receive any more I know it's gonna come sooner or later well your panties are extraordinary to say the least I Kiana thank you so much thank you and coming up next Mary Colton and a Kiana will answer some of your questions about heaven [Music] [Applause]

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Length: 5min 17sec (317 seconds)

Published: Wed Jan 08 2014