• Born underwater at home, on July 9, 1994, in Mount Morris, Illinois, to the atheistic stay-at-home Lithuanian homemaker mother, and an American father, chef and dietary manager.

• Lived in Illinois, Missouri, Colorado and Idaho, experiencing poverty and affluence.

• Having attended both public and private schools, now is home-schooled with her four brothers, Delfini 18, Jean Lu 16, Ilia 8, and Aurelius 2 years old.

• Began drawing at 4, and painting at 6, teaching herself and learning mostly from her own keen observation and study.

• Speaks four languages: Lithuanian, Russian, English and Sign Language

• At 4, had a life-changing spiritual transformation, bringing the family to God.

• At age 7 began writing poetry and aphorisms.

• Her poems often arrive fully conceived.

• The inspiration for her art and literature comes from her visions, dreams, observations of people, nature and God.

• Paints from imagination, reference materials and models.

• Favorite size canvases: 48 x 60 inches.

• Considers her style: Akianism -a universal blend of realism and imaginism

• Wants people to find hope in her paintings.

• Has the same goal with each painting: to be inspiration for others and to be the gift to God.

• Favorite medium: acrylics for full figures, and oil paints for large portraits.

• Rises at 4 a.m. five-six days a week to get ready to paint in the studio and write; works for about 4-5 hours each day.

• Often works over a hundred to two hundred hours on a painting, producing 8 to 20 paintings a year.

• Usually makes many sketches before painting.

• Works on one painting at a time.

• Favorite subject: people and spiritual subjects.

• Has "start-to-finish" demonstration videos of her painting.

• Favorite activities and hobbies: art, poetry, piano, reading and helping people.

• Likes about herself: "sensitivity to people".

• Does not like about herself: "impatience".

• Assesses her own character: "daring heart and cautious mind".

• Her biggest wish: "that everyone would love God and one another".

• Her life goal: to share her love for God and people around the world.