Nancy Okang (b. 1996, Ghana) is a painter and community educator whose work bridges memory, healing, and cultural storytelling. Raised in Sakumono and now based in Prampram, she draws inspiration from Ghana’s coastal landscapes, salt fields, and the daily rhythms of life in Ningo-Prampram.
Her open impressionist paintings—alive with expressive brushwork, luminous skies, and layered color—transform scenes of everyday life into visual meditations on resilience. Children, women, and workers become central figures in her canvases, portrayed not as subjects of struggle, but as symbols of grace, dignity, and strength.
My Journey
Discovering Art In Silence
Painting found me during a period of silence and rebuilding. Living with Borderline Personality traits, I turned to color as language—a refuge when words felt too heavy. Over time, my art became both a practice of mindfulness and a map of recovery, a way to translate emotion into texture and rhythm.
Healing Through Color
My background as a public education volunteer for over a decade also shapes my perspective.
I’ve taught and mentored young girls and women across Ghana—building classrooms tailored to individuals, creating safe learning spaces, and guiding conversations about empowerment, health and how our communities can build a sustainable future.
These moments of community connection constantly return to my canvas: children letting loose at recess in schools, men and women processing salt by hand, boats and cars gliding through tidal light.
Teaching Girls & Women
My art and my outreach are intertwined. Both ask the same question: Is there beauty in the everyday? How do we keep becoming, despite what breaks us?
Teaching Girls & Women
10+ years of community education, empowerment, classrooms
Teaching Girls & Women
10+ years of community education, empowerment, classrooms
“I paint to reconcile the landscapes I walk with the inner terrain of healing.”
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION PICTURE
I understand that collecting African impressionist art is not only about owning beauty—it’s about trust, authenticity, and meaning.
Each of my paintings comes with:
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A Certificate of Authenticity and provenance documentation
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Transparent sourcing and material information
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Testimonials and photos from collectors across Ghana
When you invest in my work, you’re not only collecting art—you’re joining a story of heritage, hope, and human connection. Every sale helps sustain my mentorship program in Prampram, supporting underprivileged girls in learning to create, speak up, and dream boldly.
“My work is a bridge between who we are and who we can become—proof of life lived, and life still unfolding.”