Waiting of a Miracle by Derrick Okanta

Waiting of a Miracle by Derrick Okanta, 2021, Acrylic and fabric on canvas, 36 x 20 inches.

“So many people have lost hope in life believing that nothing is going to happen, because of what they are going through in life.
Great things take time, we should not give up when things are hard, but we should believe and have faith in life that everything will be in it right position at the right time.
It really pays to wait.”

Derrick Okanta is a creative and a dynamic Ghanaian visual artist born and raised in Accra, Ghana. He is a graduate from Ghanatta College of Art and Design. He started off as a Graphic Designer but his passion for painting and drawing motivated him to take painting as a profession. After his four years in college, he has been part of numerous group exhibitions and projects such as Chale Wote Street Art Festival (2016). Painting comes natural to Okanta, and take his take inspirations from his environment – wherever he find himself and develops that into his own unique style of painting.