Ika Mardianti has the ability as well as the talent to translate what she experiences in her life in her heart and soul on to canvas. It was her world in Malaysia among the rice paddies, spent mostly in her parents small villa, and her need to express to the world that first prompted Ika Mardianti to start canvas painting her way out of an emotional dilema that threatened to destroy her as a young woman in her late 20's

Ika through her paintings tells the world how she felt outcased from her Royal family due to her love affairs and how she sought to escape her problems by painting. The canvans painting scetches helped her get her head around how she was feeling about herself and her place in her royal family. Never the less it was painting that enabled her to find a pathway to feeling connected and to make a contribution to life on this modern world.