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A student at Ballarat High School, Jasmine has been developing her art since she was five and said she has had no formal training for her craft.<\/p>\n
Her winning work was completed over eight to 10 hours and is her first entry into the Young Archie competition.<\/p>\n
Jasmine\u2019s previous accomplishments include winning the Ballarat Children\u2019s Art Award in 2015.<\/p>\n
With plans to study fine arts at Melbourne\u2019s RMIT University, Jasmine said her preferred style is in pencil sketching, which she said has been influenced by her brother\u2019s own art.<\/p>\n
\u201cKevin\u2019s been creating art too in and out of school, and he\u2019s taught me so much about observing detail and how it\u2019s formed,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s helped me in developing simple images and not overcomplicating things. I\u2019ve noticed I add a lot less detail in the background now to emphasise the subject and better initiate the viewer\u2019s connection.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone actually compared the piece with the Mona Lisa, the initiation between the connection of the Mona Lisa\u2019s staring with my brother\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A FAMILIAL influence formed the subject for a winning work in the 2022 Young Archie competition. Local artist Jasmine Goon took the top prize in the 16 to 18-year-old category for her piece, And who shaped you? The work depicts Jasmine\u2019s non-verbal brother, Kevin, who she said has been a long-time influence on her art. […]<\/p>\n