Sketch of Christ #3 Lena Danya For the past decade plus

For the past decade plus his attention has turned almost exclusively to oil painting

Erika returned to school at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco

learnt at London Fine Arts in Battersea

allowing the work to dictate its own construction

and ghosts on their journeys to find acceptance

Sketch of Christ #3 Lena Danya For the past decade plusDetails About Oil on canvas 16 x 20 in. 2018 Akira Beard is an artist living and working in Northern CA. Like the art itself, his professional practice stems from his ideas, beliefs and values. Akira's paintings are like tomes for the great spiritual teachers of the past, and also cleverly link contemporary culture with beautiful skills in portraiture. His work is relevant, moving, and powerful truly spiritual, not upholding any outrageous or inhuman