PAINTER & STORYTELLER
I honor the Giver by using the gift.
Paintings made by hand, for hearts like yours
I started Light & Creation as a space to honor the beauty and resilience of Black women. To hold our stories in color, texture, and light.
My work begins with a simple belief: we were never an afterthought. Every detail, every shade and gesture…carries attention.
With each painting, I hope to remind Black women of what’s already true: that our presence matters, that our stories endure, and that our becoming is beautiful.
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Latest Prints
Select works from Where Flowers Testify are now available as limited-edition prints.
Each piece is a reminder that even in our becoming, we bloom anyway.
2024
High-quality fine art print of Billie Holiday: The Fragile Bloom That Sang of Shadows from the “Where Flowers Testify” collection.
Printed on high quality archival cold pressed paper.
Limited to 150 editions. No restocks.
Each print is hand-embellished, signed, and numbered by the artist.
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity.
Unframed.
Available in 9×12 and 18×24 only.
Shipping:
U.S. orders ship within 10–14 days of purchase.
International orders ship within 10–20 business days.
All sales are final.
All artwork remains copyright of Light & Creation Studio (Mika Orr) and may not be reproduced in any form. Purchasing artwork does not permit commercial or promotional use. Not for resale.
Please confirm your shipping address at checkout. Light & Creation Studio is not responsible for lost or stolen packages.
2025
High-quality fine art print of Nina Simone: The Defiant Bloom in the Face of Injustice from the “Where Flowers Testify” collection.
Printed on high quality archival paper.
Limited to 150 editions. No restocks.
Each print is hand-embellished, signed, and numbered by the artist.
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity.
Unframed.
Available in 9×12 and 18×24 only.
Shipping:
U.S. orders ship within 10–14 days of purchase.
International orders ship within 10–20 business days.
All sales are final.
All artwork remains copyright of Light & Creation Studio (Mika Orr) and may not be reproduced in any form.
Purchasing artwork does not permit commercial or promotional use.
Not for resale.
Please confirm your shipping address at checkout, Light & Creation Studio is not responsible for lost or stolen packages.
2025
High-quality fine art print of Zora Neale Hurston: The Unapologetic Bloom of Many Tongues from the “Where Flowers Testify” collection.
Printed on high quality archival cold pressed paper.
Limited to 150 editions. No restocks.
Each print is hand-embellished, signed, and numbered by the artist.
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity.
Unframed.
Available in 9×12 and 18×24 only.
Shipping:
U.S. orders ship within 10–14 days of purchase.
International orders ship within 10–20 business days.
All sales are final.
All artwork remains copyright of Light & Creation Studio (Mika Orr) and may not be reproduced in any form. Purchasing artwork does not permit commercial or promotional use. Not for resale.
Please confirm your shipping address at checkout, Light & Creation Studio is not responsible for lost or stolen packages.
MEET THE ARTIST
Mika Orr
Creative Visionary Storyteller
Mika Orr is a painter and storyteller from Oakland, California, whose work explores the intersection of womanhood, memory, and spirit.
Her practice began in childhood illustration, where she learned to see shading as both light and emotion. Though she pursued more traditional paths for a time, Mika eventually returned to painting, drawn to explore the quiet power of color, texture, and narrative.
Through her studio, Light & Creation, she creates visual meditations that honor the resilience of Black women and the sacred process of becoming. Using layers of paint, metallic leaf, and botanical forms, Mika reimagines Black women as both muse and monument, symbols of tenderness, strength, and divine beauty. Each portrait becomes a site of reverence, where history and emotion converge in quiet testimony.
After walking through a season of stillness marked by loss and rediscovery, Mika’s work now reflects a deeper tenderness. She paints from the space where creation and restoration meet, capturing what it means to be both fragile and luminous.
Each brushstroke is an act of remembrance.
Each painting, a return to light.
A Note from the Studio
Light & Creation was born from a desire to hold space for Black women, to see our stories reflected in color, form, and light. This work is a practice of remembrance, a return to beauty that has always been ours.
May each piece remind you that your presence is purposeful, your story precious, and your becoming still unfolding.