by Jasmine | Apr 18, 2017 | "There is a Paintbrush in my Coffee", Art, Book, creative work life balance, giveaways, I love Painting, little people, Priorities
Well I hope you all had a wonderful break over Easter. I have been extra busy lately and so it was really good to spend some time road tripping around with the little family (the teens did their own thing). We stayed in different places and explored new things...
by Jasmine | Apr 8, 2017 | Artist workshops/presentations, Book, creative work life balance, Hong Kong, how to get more stuff done, I love Painting, Priorities
One of the things I have been doing more of lately is talking about my art. Writing my book “There is a Paintbrush in my Coffee” has opened doors for me to do this more and more. So while I was in Hong Kong, Ingrid from Style Brief Hong Kong organised...
by Jasmine | Jan 29, 2017 | Book, creative women's circle, creative work life balance, Priorities
I took my 17 year old daughter to Melbourne this weekend, to spend some one on one time with her before she heads off to Uni in a few weeks. Yep, another child done with school. We saw Nick Cave play at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl and David Hockney’s incredible...
by Jasmine | May 8, 2016 | creative work life balance, little people, Priorities, Starting Somewhere, Uncategorized
Today (being mother’s day), has me reflecting on my journey as a mother and an artist. For me the two parts of my life are inextricably linked. I became pregnant with my oldest daughter when I was seventeen and I quickly felt excluded from the day to day life of...
by Jasmine | Oct 12, 2014 | creative work life balance, how to get more stuff done, Priorities
I seem to spend a lot of my time thinking about this very subject… the balancing act. This little painting I did recently (above), is a result of some of that thinking. The house represents a person. It’s precarious and removed position within the painting...
by Jasmine | Jul 23, 2014 | Ideas, Priorities, You tube clips
Memory is powerful, we can’t control it and we can’t control what little thing might bring another time and place flooding back. Like it was yesterday. Some situations that unfold in our lives are never to be forgotten. Places in time. People. Love. Pain....