Prism Pains by Nikki Ocean

Nikki is a teacher, make up artist, writer, fashion stylist, an environmental advocate and a fashionista; but mainly she’s a visual artist whose goal is to inspire others with her love for the arts. She’s a graduate of Fine Arts from the University of the Philippines and is currently with Finale Art File Gallery. She paints with her heart, treating every canvass as a way for her to share her gift to others. In each of her paintings, she gives a piece of herself to her audience. 

The story that up-and-coming oil painting artist and Palamuti Style Advocate, Nikki Ocean wants to tell through her second solo art show pertains to internal storms that occur in each and every persons’ life. Though we perceive these times to be negative occurrences, they are critical moments that provide us with meaningful insight and opportunities towards self-discovery.

PRISM PAINS 

An Art Exhibit by Nikki Ocean at the Finale Art File

Warehouse 17, Chino Roces Avenue, La Fuerza Compound, Makati City, 2241, Metro Manila

“The idea I want to put out there is not so much as the thought of overcoming adversity, but first, opening ourselves to it. Embrace, grapple, and dance with the darkest, fiercest storm; then perhaps we can come to see life in a different perspective. Adversity is natural, consistent, and useful; we are no less burdened by its crippling presence, as the illusion that everything will somehow turn out all right.

Sneak Peak of Nikki Ocean's Arwork for Finale Art File

Until we’ve been truly tested, we won't know what we're made of. Transformation and adaptation is our greatest human skill; and perhaps, that's what adversity gives us: a sense of self, a sense of our own power---an impetus for change.

Sneak Peak of Nikki Ocean's Arwork for Finale Art File

The greatest disability is a crushed spirit; where hope, beauty, our childlike curiosity, our innate ability to imagine becomes anathema to our very souls.

Sneak Peak of Nikki Ocean's Arwork for Finale Art File

If instead, we can bolster a human spirit to keep hope, to see beauty in themselves and others, to be curious and imaginative, then we are truly using our powers well. When our spirit becomes imbued with these qualities, only then are we able to step into new realities and new ways of being."

-Nikki Ocean 

Keeping it real- PJV