There are many people who collect stones, but it is rare to be able to turn stones into stone paintings like stone artist Akie Nakata, instead of putting them as fossils in cabinets for storage!
Akie Nakata draws small animals on these smooth stones, from owls to otters, which are all Nakatas creative scope. Although what kind of stone is suitable for which animal, everyone may have different ideas, but it must not be Not to mention, these small stone animals in Nakata are really lifelike!
In fact, from the process of collecting to painting, Nakata mostly follows her own heart, which is what the artist calls inspiration! She will choose what kind of animal to create based on the outline of the stone, without deliberately changing it. Or adjust something.
For Nakata, whether it is the flattest pebble or a relatively large boulder, it is part of the creation given to her by God, and all she has to do is let nature take its course and feel the stone. The surface and shape of the painting, think about whether this ridge can be used as a back ridge or a head, whether that depression can be used as a joint of the limbs or a fold of fur, and whether each stroke will be too hasty or forced, and whether it will not meet the requirements of " Stone engineering. In this way, Nakata worked step by step and carefully, drawing small and cute stone animals.
Perhaps it is this kind of letting nature take its course and being careful that makes each work very delicate and full of details, such as the feathers on the owl, the tentacles full of suction cups of the octopus, and the gentle and kind eyes of the hippopotamus. Because the creative material is stone, it seems too rigid, but it has a special agility, which makes people love it even more.